J.C. Penney House

J. C. Penney House
Location Railroad Park, Kemmerer, Wyoming
Coordinates 41°47′43″N 110°32′8″W / 41.79528°N 110.53556°W / 41.79528; -110.53556Coordinates: 41°47′43″N 110°32′8″W / 41.79528°N 110.53556°W / 41.79528; -110.53556
Area less than one acre
Built 1904
NRHP Reference # 76001958[1]
Added to NRHP June 18, 1976

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-story 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.[1]

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  1. 1 2 National Park Service (2009-03-13). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. ↑ Ned Frost (March 29, 1976). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: J.C. Penney House / J.C. Penney Home" (PDF). National Park Service. Retrieved July 2016. Check date values in: |access-date= (help) with photo from 1976
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