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Carson Pirie Scott & Co. (also known as Carson's) is an American department store that was founded in 1854, which grew to over 50 locations, primarily in the Midwestern United States. It was sold to the holding company of Bon-Ton in 2006, but still operated under the Carson name.
In May 1904 Harry Selfridge, the founder of London's Selfridges, bought the building, and operated his store H. G. Selfridge & Co. there briefly with a grand opening in mid-June, but only two months later, in mid-August 1904, sold it to Carson Pirie Scott. In 1961, Carson, Pirie, Scott constructed an annex south of the building adding 59,500 sq ...
Chicago's earliest surviving building, the Henry B. Clarke House (built c. 1836) is on the Near South Side, close to the Prairie Avenue District of residential Chicago architecture. Architect Louis Sullivan's work is represented by the Carson, Pirie, Scott and Company Building, and Auditorium Building.
Glessner House, designated on October 14, 1970, as one of the first official Chicago Landmarks Night view of the top of The Chicago Board of Trade Building at 141 West Jackson, an address that has twice housed Chicago's tallest building Chicago Landmark is a designation by the Mayor and the City Council of Chicago for historic sites in Chicago, Illinois. Listed sites are selected after meeting ...
The Shops at the Mart is a group of shops on the first two floors of the Merchandise Mart in Chicago, Illinois.Its retailers serve two markets: convenience retail and dining for local employees and residents, [1] and Luxehome, [2] a collection of luxury retailers of kitchen and bath furnishings that complements the Mart's historic role as a hub for the interior decorating trade.
On March 4, 2018, Carson Pirie Scott abruptly closed its Lincoln Mall store, leaving JCPenney the only remaining tenant. [13] In November 2019, demolition of the former Carson's building commenced. [14] On January 30, 2020, The City of Matteson approved a casino on the mall site, proposed by South Suburban Development LLC. [15]
John V. Farwell & Co. was the most successful store in the city until the 1871 Great Chicago Fire. The store continued to operate after the fire, but faced stiff competition from former partners Marshall Field and Levi Leiter. It was purchased by Carson, Pirie & Co. in 1926.
Five stores sold to The Bon-Ton, converted to the Carson Pirie Scott name. Pizitz (Birmingham), 13-store Alabama chain, sold to McRae's 1987, renamed later that year Rogers ( Florence ) Became a division of Dunlap's that closed in 2007 after sale of store chain by Rogers family.