F. W. Woolworth Company Store, commercial building in Renton, Washington

The F. W. Woolworth Company Store is a two-story commercial building in International Style with brick walls and large glass windows, built in 1954 in downtown Renton. The ground floor featured an open layout for self-service shopping, while the second floor housed storage and office space.

The building opened in 1954 and marks the postwar period when Renton experienced growth from new workers and investments. The store closed temporarily in 1973 and was later used as a western wear shop from 1976 to 2013, before being added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2015.

The name comes from F. W. Woolworth Company, pioneer of the five-and-dime store. When it opened in 1954, the Renton store was the first in the Northwest to use a 100% self-service model, coinciding with the company's diamond jubilee. After Woolworth's closed, Renton Western Wear occupied the building from 1976 to 2013.

The building stands in downtown Renton, where the two-story 1954 structure was joined in 1975 to an adjacent one-story building, so look for a combined footprint rather than a freestanding store. The John D. Spellman Award for historic preservation, given by King County in 2016, followed restoration work on the exterior.

The store was one of the first in the region to introduce self-service shopping instead of having clerks show customers their goods. This innovation fundamentally changed shopping culture and influenced how stores operate today.