J.C. Penney House

J. C. Penney House
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
U.S. National Historic Landmark District Contributing Property
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Location	Railroad Park, Kemmerer, Wyoming
Coordinates	41°47′43″N 110°32′8″W
Area	less than one acre
Built	1904
Part of	J. C. Penney Historic District (ID78002830)
NRHP reference No.	76001958[1]
Significant dates
Added to NRHP	June 18, 1976
Designated NHLDCP	June 2, 1978

The J. C. Penney House in Kemmerer, Wyoming, was the home of James Cash Penney, the founder of the J. C. Penney department stores, during the 1904-1909 period that he developed his formula for a successful dry goods store. Penney and wife moved to Kemmerer in 1902 and lived in the garret of a small house. With a child, it was too small, and Penney bought this two-storey house in 1904. It was small, too: about 25 feet (7.6 m) wide and sloping down to the back, going about 30 feet (9.1 m) deep.^[2]

During this period he was operating the "mother store" of the future J.C. Penney empire.^[3]

It is now operated as a house museum at least during the summer.

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1976, and is a contributing property to the J. C. Penney Historic District, a National Historic Landmark.^[1]

Further reading

• "James Cash Penney: From Clerk to Chain-store Tycoon", at Wyoming State Hist

See also

• J. C. Penney Historic District

References

1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
2. Ned Frost (March 29, 1976). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: J.C. Penney House / J.C. Penney Home". National Park Service. Retrieved February 26, 2020. with photo from 1976
3. "Home". kemmerer.org.

External links

• J.C. Penney House - museum information at Wyoming State Historical Society
• J.C. Penney House, at Wyoming State Historic Preservation Office, with photo from front