Best Building
Best Building | |
Clausen & Clausen | |
| Architectural style | Renaissance Revival |
|---|---|
| Part of | Downtown Rock Island Historic District (ID100004433) |
| NRHP reference No. | 100002328[1] |
| Added to NRHP | July 17, 2018 |
The Best Building is a historic building located in downtown
air-conditioning that utilized a 10-ton ice machine in the basement. The building initially housed the Young & McCombs Department Store, of which Best served as a financier. It is thought that this was the first store outside of Chicago that had a pneumatic tube system for cash transactions.[2] After Young & McCombs the building housed the Brady-Waxenberg Department Store followed by Montgomery Ward
. It has subsequently been used as an office building.
In 1992 New York artist Richard Haas painted the north elevation of the building with a 60-foot (18 m) tall trompe-l'œil memorial sculpture of local Sauk warrior Black Hawk.[3] The building was individually listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2018.[1] It was included as a contributing property in the Downtown Rock Island Historic District in 2020.[4]
See also
References
- ^ a b "National Register of Historic Places Program: Weekly List". National Park Service. 2018-07-20. Retrieved 2018-07-27.
- ^ a b "Best Building". City of Rock Island. Retrieved 2018-07-27.
- ^ David Morgan. "Murals that trick the eye". CBS News. Retrieved 2018-08-31.
- ^ Erica Ruggiero. "National Register of Historic Places Registration Form: Downtown Rock Island Historic District" (PDF). Illinois Historic Preservation Division. Retrieved 2020-11-01.
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