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| South Carolina Kress Stores |
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| Kress Florence, SC |
Kress Charleston, SC |
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The Florence Kress was designed by Seymour Burrell and built in 1915. The building appears to have been vacant for many years.
The Charleston Kress was built in 1931 as a "superstore", designed to be larger and more sumptuous. It was designed by Edward F. Sibbert. The building has Mayan Revival elements. Kress had an earlier building at this location built in 1913. In 1980, this store was operated by McCrory under the Kress name. The store closed in 1992. The building was renovated in 1999. It now houses a Williams-Sonoma store and office space. |
| Kress Spartanburg, SC |
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| The Spartanburg Kress was designed by George E. Mackay and built in 1929. The store closed in 1980. The building is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. |
| Kress Columbia, SC |
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| This Kress was designed by Edward F. Sibbert and built in 1935. The store closed in 1993. The building is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. In 1998, the building was renovated and adapted for reuse by the Rising High Natural Bread Co. In 2009, the ground floor was taken over by the Gotham Bagel Café. The upper floors are used as apartments. This building is considered Columbia's best example of Art Deco. Around the corner, is a later Kress building (bottom photo). I'm not sure if these two buildings are/were connected. This building is now occupied by Quackenbush Architects. For more, see these websites: 1 and 2. |
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Other SC Kress stores:
Greenville [vintage] |
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