Brown Shoe Company Factory

{{Use American English|date=July 2025}} {{Use mdy dates|date=March 2025}} {{Infobox NRHP | name = Brown Shoe Company Factory | nrhp_type = | image = Brown Shoe Company Factory.JPG | caption = | location = 212 S. State St., Litchfield, Illinois | coordinates = {{coord|39|10|26|N|89|39|16|W|display=inline,title}} | locmapin = Illinois#USA | built = 1922 | architect = Albert Bartleton Groves; et al. | architecture = Late 19th And Early 20th Century American Movements, Industrial | added = November 15, 2006 | area = {{convert|2.5|acre}} | refnum = 06001019<ref name="nris">{{NRISref|2009a}}</ref> }} The '''Brown Shoe Company Factory''' is a historic factory located at 212 S. State St. in Litchfield, Illinois. The factory opened in 1917 to produce shoes for the St. Louis–based Brown Shoe Company. Prominent St. Louis architect Albert B. Groves designed the factory, which was one of twelve he designed for the company. The factory became Litchfield's second-largest industry and brought the community prosperity through the Great Depression; in addition, its employees formed a civic organization that created a public park on company property. The factory closed in 1967; it was later used by cabinet manufacturer Adenca.<ref>{{cite web|last=Bivens|first=Matthew Scott|title=National Register of Historic Places Registration Form: Brown Shoe Company Factory|url=http://gis.hpa.state.il.us/pdfs/164577.pdf|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140429075925/http://gis.hpa.state.il.us/pdfs/164577.pdf|url-status=dead|archive-date=2014-04-29|publisher=National Park Service|access-date=2014-04-28|date=2006-06-11}}</ref>

The factory was added to the National Register of Historic Places on November 15, 2006.<ref name="nris"/>

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==External links== *[https://web.archive.org/web/20091005183722/http://www.illinois.gov/pressreleases/ShowPressRelease.cfm?SubjectID=27&RecNum=6532 Illinois.gov - Illinois Government News Network (IGNN)] * [https://web.archive.org/web/20181203235258/http://history.montgomeryco.com/ Historical Society of Montgomery County]

Category:National Register of Historic Places in Montgomery County, Illinois Category:Litchfield, Illinois Category:Shoe factories Category:Industrial buildings and structures on the National Register of Historic Places in Illinois Category:Caleres Category:1917 establishments in Illinois Category:Industrial buildings completed in 1917