The Jones Store Company was an American chain of

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located in the

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area formerly operated by Mercantile Stores Company and the

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-based May Co.

History

The Jones Store Company was founded in 1887 as an store in Stafford, Kansas, by J. Logan Jones. In 1895, Jones opened a store at 6th and Main in the River Market neighborhood of

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. In 1902 Jones leased a seven-story building that took up an entire block at 12th Street and Main across the street from Bernheimer Bros. & Co. Jones declared bankruptcy in 1910 and the store was taken over by New York interests. In 1919, the new owners acquired the merchandise from Bernheimer Brothers.J. Logan Jones Kclibrary.org - Retrieved January 9, 2008
/ref> The downtown flagship store remained in business until January 1998 even as other large retailers had left downtown. The building was demolished in 2005. The Jones Store became a division of Mercantile Stores Company in the early 1960s. It was acquired by May Department Stores in 1998 after the

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acquisition of Mercantile, and integrated into the company's

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division. On August 30, 2005, it became part of Federated with that company's acquisition of May. On February 1, 2006, The Jones Store Co. was assumed by the new Macy's Midwest division of Federated. On September 9, 2006, The Jones Store Co. name was phased out in favor of the

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nameplate, marking the second entry for Macy's into Kansas City and Topeka ever since the chain sold its original Kansas City stores to

in 1985. The original Jones Store locations included Downtown, Bannister Mall, Blue Ridge Mall, Metro North Mall, Oak Park Mall, Independence Center, Metcalf South Shopping Center, Town Center Plaza, Prairie Village Shopping Center, and West Ridge Mall.

References

External links

Official website
(Archive)
Jones Dry Goods at KC Public Library

The Jones Store Company at KC Public Library
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