Marshall Field and Company Store
The Marshall Field and Company Store is a department store in Chicago on State Street that opened in 1902 and occupies an entire city block. The building blends Chicago School and Beaux-Arts architecture and contains a massive glass dome designed by Louis Comfort Tiffany with millions of glass pieces that make the interior bright and colorful.
Marshall Field founded his first store in 1852 and moved to this location in 1868 after earlier buildings burned multiple times. The department store became famous for introducing new retail practices such as transparent pricing and customer satisfaction and played a key role in rebuilding Chicago after the fire of 1871.
The store carries the name of Marshall Field, its founder who opened it in 1852 and turned it into a local institution. Visitors today notice the holiday window displays and the famous Walnut Room restaurant, where generations of Chicagoans dined and experienced the store as a gathering place for the city.
The building occupies an entire block on State Street and is easily reached on foot, with large entrances and open interior spaces for easy navigation. Visitors should allow time for the many floors and sprawling areas, especially when holiday decorations fill the spaces.
Large corner clocks called 'The Great Clock' were installed in 1897 and weighed many tons, serving for decades as a famous meeting point where people arranged to meet in the city. The store was also featured by artist Norman Rockwell in a magazine cover illustration from 1945.
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