Joseph Horne Company - Flagship Store

Flagship Store

The flagship Horne's Department Store in Pittsburgh was the first department store in Pittsburgh, and remained so until the founding of Kaufmann's in 1871.The L shaped building is actually three builds built over the course of time. The original built in 1892 was six stories tall. Then a six story addition was added in 1897, followed by a seven story addition in 1922. The store had a total of four entrances — two on Stanwix Street, and two on Penn Avenue. It had 630,000 square feet (59,000 m2) of selling space and was the city's second largest department store. The store remained Horne's until 1994 when it was converted over to Lazarus. Lazarus only remained in the building for 1 year before building a new location on Fifth Ave. Oxford Development Co purchased the building with hopes of ground level retail while renting floors two through seven to Highmark Blue Cross Blue Shield. Old Navy opened 20,000 square feet (1,900 m2) on the first two floors in 1996 but closed in 2003. The building was then bought by Highmark Blue Cross Blue Shield and remains to this day as Highmark offices with a ground level Rite Aid and restaurant.