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The ”’Jewel Tea Company, Inc. building”’ was an historic building at 511 Lake Zurich Road in [[Barrington, Illinois|Barrington]], [[Illinois]]. The building was built in 1929-30 as a new headquarters for the Jewel Tea Company, which operated the [[Jewel (supermarket)|Jewel]] supermarket chain. The building was used as the company’s main offices as well as a manufacturing plant for several of Jewel’s products, including [[coffee]] and [[tea]]. At the time, it was unusual for companies to relocate from the city to the suburbs, and Jewel’s relocation to Barrington had a considerable economic impact on the village. Architecture firm [[Holabird & Root]] designed the building using a combination of the [[Art Deco architecture|Art Deco]] and [[Moderne architecture|Moderne]] styles.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Harkins |first1=Michael J. |last2=Woodsome |first2=Robert |title=National Register of Historic Places Registration Form: Jewel Tea Company, Inc. |url=http://gis.hpa.state.il.us/pdfs/145874.pdf |publisher=[[Illinois Historic Preservation Division]] |access-date=March 8, 2020 |date=April 12, 2003}}{{dead link|date=February 2021|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref>

The ”’Jewel Tea Company, Inc. building”’ was historic building at 511 Lake Zurich Road in [[Barrington, Illinois|Barrington]], [[Illinois]]. The building was built in 1929-30 as a new headquarters for the Jewel Tea Company, which operated the [[Jewel (supermarket)|Jewel]] supermarket chain. The building was used as the company’s main offices as well as a manufacturing plant for several of Jewel’s products, including [[coffee]] and [[tea]]. At the time, it was unusual for companies to relocate from the city to the suburbs, and Jewel’s relocation to Barrington had a considerable economic impact on the village. Architecture firm [[Holabird & Root]] designed the building using a combination of the [[Art Deco architecture|Art Deco]] and [[Moderne architecture|Moderne]] styles.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Harkins |first1=Michael J. |last2=Woodsome |first2=Robert |title=National Register of Historic Places Registration Form: Jewel Tea Company, Inc. |url=http://gis.hpa.state.il.us/pdfs/145874.pdf |publisher=[[Illinois Historic Preservation Division]] |access-date=March 8, 2020 |date=April 12, 2003}}{{dead link|date=February 2021|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref>

The company was bought by American Stores, inc in 1984<ref>{{Cite web |title=Jewel Cos. |url=http://www.encyclopedia.chicagohistory.org/pages/2727.html#:~:text=In%201984,%20when%20its%20share,was%20acquired%20by%20Albertson%27s%20Inc. |access-date=2023-02-26 |website=www.encyclopedia.chicagohistory.org}}</ref> and was later added to the [[National Register of Historic Places]] on February 3, 2004.<ref name=”nris”/> It was demolished later in the same year.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Ryan |first1=Joseph |title=Jewel Tea demolition restarts |url=http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=ADHB&p_theme=adhb&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=100CAD8E13F4B81D&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM |access-date=March 8, 2020 |work=[[Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, Illinois)|Daily Herald]] |date=February 15, 2004}}</ref> and was removed from the National Register in 2020.<ref>{{cite web |title=Weekly List of Actions Taken on Properties: 12/27/2019 Through 1/3/2020 |url=https://www.nps.gov/subjects/nationalregister/upload/weekly-list-2020-national-register-of-historic-places.pdf |publisher=[[National Park Service]] |access-date=March 8, 2020}}</ref>

The company was bought by American Stores, inc in 1984<ref>{{Cite web |title=Jewel Cos. |url=http://www.encyclopedia.chicagohistory.org/pages/2727.html#:~:text=In%201984,%20when%20its%20share,was%20acquired%20by%20Albertson%27s%20Inc. |access-date=2023-02-26 |website=www.encyclopedia.chicagohistory.org}}</ref> and was later added to the [[National Register of Historic Places]] on February 3, 2004.<ref name=”nris”/> It was demolished later in the same year.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Ryan |first1=Joseph |title=Jewel Tea demolition restarts |url=http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=ADHB&p_theme=adhb&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=100CAD8E13F4B81D&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM |access-date=March 8, 2020 |work=[[Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, Illinois)|Daily Herald]] |date=February 15, 2004}}</ref> and was removed from the National Register in 2020.<ref>{{cite web |title=Weekly List of Actions Taken on Properties: 12/27/2019 Through 1/3/2020 |url=https://www.nps.gov/subjects/nationalregister/upload/weekly-list-2020-national-register-of-historic-places.pdf |publisher=[[National Park Service]] |access-date=March 8, 2020}}</ref>

United States historic place

The Jewel Tea Company, Inc. building was a historic building at 511 Lake Zurich Road in Barrington, Illinois. The building was built in 1929-30 as a new headquarters for the Jewel Tea Company, which operated the Jewel supermarket chain. The building was used as the company’s main offices as well as a manufacturing plant for several of Jewel’s products, including coffee and tea. At the time, it was unusual for companies to relocate from the city to the suburbs, and Jewel’s relocation to Barrington had a considerable economic impact on the village. Architecture firm Holabird & Root designed the building using a combination of the Art Deco and Moderne styles.^[2]

The company was bought by American Stores, inc in 1984^[3] and was later added to the National Register of Historic Places on February 3, 2004.^[1] It was demolished later in the same year.^[4] and was removed from the National Register in 2020.^[5]