The J. C. Penney Building is a former
department store
A department store is a retail establishment offering a wide range of consumer goods in different areas of the store, each area ("department") specializing in a product category. In modern major cities, the department store made a dramatic app ...
building in downtown
Newberg, Oregon
Newberg is a city in Yamhill County, Oregon, United States. Located in the Portland metropolitan area, the city is home to George Fox University. As of the 2010 census, the city population was 25,138 making it the second most populous city in the ...
,
United States
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. Built around 1927, the structure was added to the
National Register of Historic Places
The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the United States federal government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures and objects deemed worthy of preservation for their historical significance or "great artistic v ...
on June 13, 2007.
The brick building is 1-and-a-half stories tall.
Site Information: JC Penney Building.
Oregon Historic Sites Database. Retrieved on October 1, 2008.
See also
*J. C. Penney
Penney OpCo LLC, doing business as JCPenney and often abbreviated JCP, is a midscale American department store chain operating 667 stores across 49 U.S. states and Puerto Rico. Departments inside JCPenney stores include Mens, Womens, Boys, Girl ...
References
Buildings and structures in Newberg, Oregon
Department stores on the National Register of Historic Places
National Register of Historic Places in Yamhill County, Oregon
1927 establishments in Oregon
Commercial buildings completed in 1927
Commercial buildings on the National Register of Historic Places in Oregon
JCPenney
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