Look for a big, square, red-brick building with large white-trimmed windows and a stone base, sitting right on the corner-just follow the row of elegant upper-floor windows, and you can’t miss it!
Here’s a spot you wouldn’t want to overlook on your Pueblo adventure-the Montgomery Ward Building! Picture yourself traveling back to 1936, when the world was still dusting off from the Great Depression and shoppers in neat hats and polished shoes hurried by, eager to enter this sparkling new department store. The building’s Georgian Revival style was the “fancy suit” of corporate America-classy, solid, and proud. With its crisp red bricks and stone trim, it stood out as the most stylish shop in town. Inside, you’d have heard the clinking of cash registers, the hum of conversation, and maybe caught a whiff of fresh fabric. Over the decades, this building has worn many hats-hosting QualMed’s headquarters, then welcoming the Pueblo Work Force Center and the Colorado Lottery. Imagine the whispers of anticipation each time a lottery ticket gets checked inside! Today, it’s all business on the inside, but outside, it’s still the only Montgomery Ward Georgian Revival building in the whole state. So take a moment, let your eyes trace those clean lines and tall windows, and you’ll be seeing Pueblo’s history standing tall, right before you!
