[3][4] In 1898, the company moved to the Douglas Building (then known as the "New" Stimson Block) at the northwest corner of 3rd and Spring streets, where it occupied the entire basement and 20,000 sq ft (1,900 m2) on the ground floor.

[10] In 1916, developer Arthur H. Fleming hired John B. Parkinson to design a modern department store for his new tenant, Blackstone.

[9] Blackstone's had vacated the building by 1939, at which point Famous Department Store renovated and expanded it to 90,000 square feet (8,400 m2).

[1] In 2010, Blackstone's Department Store was converted to 82 apartments with ground-floor retail space and a subterranean parking garage.

[2][11] The building, clad in terra cotta, features a Beaux Arts design,[10] with aspects of the design that include:[2] In 1939, the first-floor facade was stripped of its original detailing[2] and re-designed in the Streamline Moderne style by Stiles O. Clements of Morgan, Walls and Clements.