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Wanamaker’s

Philadelphia, US

Wanamaker’s

The John Wanamaker Store is a department store building and National Historic Landmark on Market Street in the Center City district of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. It was designed by Daniel Burnham for John Wanamaker, and opened in 1911; it replaced the first store on the grounds found

ed in 1876. It was the flagship store of the Wanamaker's department store chain, was acquired by The May Department Stores Company in 1994, and converted to the May-owned Hecht's, Strawbridge's, and Lord & Taylor between 1995 and 2006. May itself was acquired by Federated Department Stores in 2005, and converted to the Federated-owned Macy's in 2006. Macy's closed the store without replacement in 2025. It contains the Wanamaker Organ, the largest functional organ in the world.

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