Reid, Murdoch and Company Building

Landmark Context

Reid, Murdoch and Company Building is tied to 320 N Clark St in the city's landmark file. The designation record holds onto a construction date of 1914 and credits George C. Nimmons. It was designated on November 15, 1976. Reid, Murdoch and Company Building already has a usable public frame for work on commercial development, architectural branding, and corridor and downtown change.

Reid, Murdoch and Company Building becomes materially clearer through storefront depth, upper-floor expression, and corner treatment, how the facade addresses pedestrian traffic, and later signage, infill, or reuse. Read carefully, those details begin to explain how commercial architecture stayed visible even as the economic life around it changed.

Research Starting Points

Reid, Murdoch and Company Building becomes a stronger research subject once the record expands into trade press and city directories, permit files and assessor records, and historic photographs and newspaper coverage. That source trail can connect landmark status to ownership, alteration, and the changing role of the site in its block or corridor.

Reid, Murdoch and Company Building remains most useful when later evidence keeps returning to the site itself.