The Sanger–Harris Building is a building in

downtown Dallas Downtown Dallas is the central business district (CBD) of Dallas, Texas, United States, located in the geographic center of the city. It is the second-largest business district in the state of Texas. The area termed "Downtown" has traditionally ...

that was opened in 1965 as the flagship location of

Sanger–Harris Sanger–Harris (later styled as Sanger Harris) was a department store chain based in Dallas, Texas. The chain was owned by department store conglomerate Macy's, Inc., Federated Department Stores and was formed from the 1961 merger of two Dall ...

department store. In 1987, Sanger–Harris merged with

Foley's Foley's was a regional chain of department stores owned by Federated Department Stores (1947–1988, 2005–2006), later owned by May Department Stores (1988–2005) and headquartered in Downtown Houston, Texas. On August 30, 2005, the divisi ...

and the building continued to operate as the Foley's Dallas flagship store. It was closed in 1990 while Foley's was opening newer locations in the area. It is currently the headquarters for

Dallas Area Rapid Transit Dallas Area Rapid Transit (DART) is a transit agency serving the Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex of Texas. It operates buses, light rail, commuter rail, and high-occupancy vehicle lanes in Dallas and twelve of its suburbs. In , the system had a r ...

Architecture

The building was originally designed with white columns and a mosaic. The outside has the Sanger–Harris name engraved in various entrances. The white columns are still a feature of the building's architecture. The mosaic however is no longer visible. Many of the Sanger–Harris branch stores around DFW replicated this same design.

Sanger–Harris

Sanger–Harris department store was founded in 1961 as a merger of two Dallas department stores, Sanger Brothers and A. Harris & Co. In January 1987, the Sanger–Harris stores were combined with Federated’s Houston-based department store

and all of the Dallas locations were renamed Foley's. The next year, the chain was sold to

The May Department Stores Company The May Department Stores Company was an American holding company of department stores founded in 1877 by David May. It operated several regional department stores throughout the United States, which were managed as distinct business divisions ...

. In 2006, Foley's along with its owner at the time (May Company) was bought by

Macy's Macy's is an American department store chain founded in 1858 by Rowland Hussey Macy. The first store was located in Manhattan on Sixth Avenue between 13th and 14th Streets, south of the present-day flagship store at Herald Square on West 34 ...

and the Dallas locations were renamed Macy's.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Sanger-Harris Building Buildings and structures in Dallas Buildings and structures completed in 1965