Lewis's Department Store, department store in Liverpool, Merseyside, England, UK
Lewis's Department Store is a large retail building in Liverpool featuring classical design from the early 1900s. The structure has high ceilings, wide aisles, detailed brickwork with Portland stone, and displays columns in Doric, Ionic, and Tuscan styles across its facades.
The store was founded in 1856 by David Lewis and grew to become one of Liverpool's largest shopping destinations. After a major fire in 1886 and wartime bombing damage in 1941, the building was fully rebuilt and reopened in 1957.
This store was where Liverpool residents gathered to shop and pass time together as families. It became a meeting point in daily life, reflecting how the city's people lived and spent their days in the mid-20th century.
The building sits prominently on Renshaw Street in the city center and is easy to locate by its distinctive clock and classical facade. Visitors can see both the exterior details and access interior spaces, as the structure remains in use today.
The fifth floor once featured a lively Red Rose restaurant and hair salon that have been closed to the public since the 1980s. A sculpture called 'Liverpool Resurgent' by Jacob Epstein was added in 1957 to symbolize the city's recovery after wartime damage.
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