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This huge, reinforced concrete warehouse contained 950,000 square feet and rose 8 stores. It served as one of six immense distribution centers built by the Montgomery Ward and Company Department Store chain during the 1923-1929 period. Ward's (as it was later known) operated two warehouses for its West Coast operations. This one served California; another served the Pacific Northwest in Portland, OR. The Oakland Distribution Center stood as the largest industrial structure in Oakland, CA, for many years.

Demolished; the City of Oakland tore the building down in 2003 to erect the Cesar Chavez Education Center. Historic preservation advocates had hoped to reuse the building for other purposes.

PCAD id: 16177