Historical Marker (2)

David L. Rice Library
1–2 minutes

This very successful store was Sears' first retail outlet located outside a mail order city. Sears' expansion to department stores was prompted by population shifts from rural to urban areas. Building was remodeled and enlarged 1937, 1943, 1946. Store closed 1975. Renovated and restored 1991. Building listed in National Register of Historic Places 1979. Source: https://www.in.gov/history/markers/393.htm

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