It was gas-lit throughout and sported a 58-foot diameter skylight dome. The building's iron interior structure was considered fireproof. Shillito again used architect McLaughlin to erect an L-shaped six-story building with basement and sub-cellar on the SW corner of Race and Seventh Streets, moving his store there in 1879.
In spite of its impressive size, the Fourth Street store was not enough to contain the business after two decades. (By 2018 the building had been converted into a condominium dwelling, The McAlpin). When the company vacated the building in 1879, the space was occupied by a competitor, The McAlpin Company. McLaughlin, the son of his first partner. It was designed by Cincinnati architect James W. In 1857 John Shillito acquired property on the other side of the street, and built a five-story department story, the largest such building in the city. He gained sole ownership of the store in 1842. In 1837 John Shillito bought out his partners and moved to larger quarters on the north side of 4th Street. The firm of Shillito, Burnett & Pullen outgrew its first location, and in 1833 moved to the other side of Main Street between 4th and 5th Streets. A year later, McLaughlin left the company, and was replaced with Robert W. In 1830 he left to form a partnership with William McLaughlin, selling dry goods. The nine-year-old lad was soon working for the Cincinnati business Blatchley & Simpson. In 1817 John Shillito (November 1808-September 1879) arrived in Cincinnati (from Greensburg, Pennsylvania). (commonly known as Shillito's) was Cincinnati's first department store. Stores were converted to the Lazarus nameplate Department store in Cincinnati, Ohio shillito's
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