J. C. Penney–Chicago Store Building

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{{Infobox NRHP

| name = J. C. Penney–Chicago Store Building

| image = Chicago Store (Tucson, AZ) from NE.JPG

| caption = Chicago Store seen from the northeast, across intersection of Congress Street and 6th Avenue

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| location = 130 East Congress Street, Tucson, Arizona

| coordinates = {{coord|32.2217|-110.9689|type:landmark_region:US-AZ|display=inline,title}}

| area = 26, 400 ft.²[http://www.propertyshark.com/mason/Property/70072538/130-E-Congress-St-Tucson-AZ-85701/]{{Registration required|date=May 2020}}

| built = 1903

| architect = Holmes, D.H.

| architecture = Italianate

| added = 2003-09-12

| refnum = 03000907{{NRISref|2010a}}

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The J. C. Penney–Chicago Store is a historic department store building in downtown Tucson, Arizona, United States. Built in 1903 for the Los Angeles Furniture Co, it housed J. C. Penney by July 25, 1942.{{Cite web|url=https://newspaperarchive.com/tucson-daily-citizen-jul-25-1942-p-6/|archiveurl=https://archive.today/20140824134130/http://newspaperarchive.com/us/arizona/tucson/tucson-daily-citizen/1942/07-25/page-6|url-status=dead|title=Tucson Daily Citizen Archives|page=6|date=July 25, 1942|website=NewspaperArchive.com|archive-date=2014-08-24|access-date=2021-10-13}} In 1957, after J. C. Penney moved to the west side of Stone Avenue just north of Pennington Street, Aaronson Brothers moved in.{{Cite web|url=https://newspaperarchive.com/tucson-daily-citizen-jan-07-1959-p-8/|archiveurl=https://archive.today/20140730014458/http://newspaperarchive.com/us/arizona/tucson/tucson-daily-citizen/1959/01-07/page-8|url-status=dead|title=Tucson Daily Citizen Newspaper Archives|page=8|date=January 7, 1959|website=NewspaperArchive.com|archive-date=2014-07-30|access-date=2021-10-13}} The Chicago Store moved in after the El Paso-based department store closed in 1967.{{cite web|url=https://newspaperarchive.com/us/arizona/tucson/tucson-daily-citizen/1967/06-22/page-2 |title=Tucson Daily Citizen Archives |page=2 |publisher=Newspaperarchive.com |date=Jun 22, 1967 |accessdate=2020-05-19}} This building had the last complete original vintage interior in Downtown Tucson with stamped tin ceilings and period woodwork until it was completely gutted in 2020–2022.{{Cn|date=October 2024}}