The Sanger Brothers Complex is a historic building in

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. The building, located on Lamar Street between Elm and Main, was the flagship location of the

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/ref> In 1965, four years after Sanger Brothers was merged with A. Harris & Co. into Sanger–Harris, the store was closed and replaced by a new flagship at Pacific and Akard. The building was purchased by the Dallas County Community College District and converted into the main building of

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. It is listed on the

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as part of the Dallas Landmark Historic District.

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Italianate architecture in Texas Romanesque Revival architecture in Texas Commercial buildings completed in 1884 Commercial buildings on the National Register of Historic Places in Texas Department stores on the National Register of Historic Places National Register of Historic Places in Dallas {{Texas-NRHP-stub

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