F. W. Woolworth Building (Lexington, Kentucky)

F. W. Woolworth Building
U.S. National Register of Historic Places

Location:	106 Main St., Lexington, Kentucky
Built:	1946
Architect:	Frederick W. Garber
Architectural style:	Art Deco
Governing body:	Nonextant
NRHP Reference#:	02000924
Added to NRHP:	2002-09-06

The Woolworth, F.W., Building was a historic department store building located in Lexington, Kentucky, that served as a retail location for the F. W. Woolworth Company from 1946 to 1990. It was designed by Frederick W. Garber.

The store was the site of civil rights protests against segregation during the 1960s.

After 1990, the city government favored creating a business incubator on the site.^[1] However, the building was demolished in 2004 and turned into a parking lot.^[2]

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^ Ku, Michelle (2002-09-21). Historic Woolworth Building in Lexington, Ky., to Become a Parking Lot. Lexington Herald-Leader.
^ Downtown Lexington's Next Loss: Woolworth's. Preservation Magazine. August 2004. http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_kmpre/is_200408/ai_n6889984. Retrieved 2009-03-07.

Woolworth/Foot Locker Inc.

Company	F. W. Woolworth’s • Champs Sports • Eastbay • Foot Locker • Kinney Shoes • Woolco • Other Divisions & Namesakes

Buildings	Woolworth Building • St. Louis Office • Shadow Lawn • Watertown Store • Wilmington Store • Winfield Hall • Winfield House • Other Buildings

Culture	Love at the Five and Dime • Seafoam salad • Woolworth gun • Woolworth v. Contemporary Arts

Events	Champs Sports Bowl • Foot Locker Cross Country

Civil Rights	Greensboro sit-ins • Ezell A. Blair, Jr. • Civil Rights Museum • February One • Clarence Harris • Lexington Store • Nashville sit-ins

Family	F. W. Woolworth • Barbara Hutton • Poor Little Rich Girl • Lance Reventlow • Cheryl Holdridge

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F. W. Woolworth Building (Lexington, Kentucky)

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