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In November 1978, a fire broke out in the Younkers store in the Merle Hay Mall in Des Moines, killing 11 people. [7] To date, it is the most devastating fire in Des Moines' history, and destroyed the original Younkers at the mall. It is also the third deadliest department store fire in US history. The fire was caused by faulty wiring. [8]
The original Younkers store at Merle Hay Mall was destroyed by a fire that broke out on the morning of November 5, 1978. The fire caused an estimated $20 million in damage, [14] and killed eleven store employees. [15] The store was closed for nearly a year in order to rebuild.
The revised plans call for adding 14,000 square feet of commercial space on the first floor of the building, creating 60 apartment units on the remaining floors, and renovating the historic Tea Room, which was spared during the fire. [5] In August 2018, The Younkers Brothers Department Store (and Younkers) closed. [6]
The chain's stores spanned 23 states and included familiar names like Bon-Ton, Bergner's, Boston, Carson's, Elder-Beerman, Herberger's, and Younkers. LPETTET/istockphoto Teavana
Republican Gov. Kim Reynolds campaign launched an ad critical of Democratic opponent Fred Hubbell's management of a once-popular Iowa department store chain called Younkers. Hubbell is a wealthy ...
Timeline of former nameplates merging into Macy's. Many United States department store chains and local department stores, some with long and proud histories, went out of business or lost their identities between 1986 and 2006 as the result of a complex series of corporate mergers and acquisitions that involved Federated Department Stores and The May Department Stores Company with many stores ...
The Bon-Ton Stores, Inc. Announces June Closing of Its Younkers Muskegon, Michigan Furniture Gallery YORK, Pa.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- The Bon-Ton Stores, Inc. (Nasdaq: BONT) today announced it will ...
November 5 – A fire at the Younkers Department store at the Merle Hay Mall in Des Moines, Iowa, killed 10 store employees. The store was closed and rebuilt a year after the fire. [109] November 5 – A fire at the Allen Motor Inn in Honesdale, Pennsylvania killed 12. [110]