403 Main Street (Racine, Wisconsin)

403 Main Street is the address of a building in downtown Racine, Wisconsin.

History
The current building was constructed in 1893 for the W.S. Buffham & Son paint store, which operated there until 1925, when the Buffham family leased the site to J.C. Penney.

Racine's first J.C. Penney department store opened in the building on November 6, 1925. In the early morning of June 20, 1943, a fire caused damage estimated at $62,000 to the store building. In 1945, the company announced plans to construct a new building at 413 Main Street, then the site of Bloch Furniture Co. The new store ultimately opened on November 11, 1948.

The building was owned by the Buffham family until 1952, when it was sold to Edward Shovers.

Walgreens moved into the building's ground floor from its existing Racine location at 201 6th Street, opening the new store on August 31, 1953, and holding a grand opening on September 3. The same year, the Eitel Apparel Shop at the neighboring 401 Main Street announced it would expand its second floor above the new Walgreens.

The Walgreens store closed with the opening of the nearby Walgreens #3022 at State Street and Memorial Drive on March 7, 1994.