Dallas Coffin Company
a.k.a. Sears Catalog Complex Annex
1325 S. Lamar, Dallas, TXThe Dallas Coffin Company at 1325 South Lamar in Dallas, Texas, was built in 1911 to serve as the company's manufacturing facility, warehouse, and office building. The building anchored a multi-building complex that included woodworking sheds and lumber yards, adjacent to the St. Louis Southwestern ("Cotton Belt") Railway line south of downtown Dallas. The Dallas Coffin Company occupied the building until 1950, after which it housed an insurance company and a printing company until 1960 when Sears Roebuck & Co. used it as a warehouse. The building, designed by the Dallas architecture firm C.W. Bulger and Son, is an excellent example of the functional aesthetic of 1910s Commercial Style buildings. It is nominated to the National Register in the area of Industry and Architecture at the local level of significance.
Local significance of the building:Listed in National Register of Historic Places in 2012.
The National Register of Historic Places is the official list of the Nation’s historic places worthy of preservation. Authorized by the National Historic Preservation Act of 1966, the National Park Service’s National Register of Historic Places is part of a national program to coordinate and support public and private efforts to identify, evaluate, and protect America’s historic and archeological resources.