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| Kansas Kress Stores |
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| Kress Chanute, KS |
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| This Kress was built in 1910. It has housed Consignment since 2014. For more, see this website. [map] |
| Kress Emporia, KS |
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| This Kress was built in 1929. The building was renovated in 1982 for retail and office space. It is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. [map] |
| Kress Fort Scott, KS |
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| This Kress building was built in 1895. Kress moved into the building in 1909 and may have been the first Kress store in Kansas. The building has housed Pizza Republic since 2022. [map] |
| Kress Hutchinson, KS |
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| This Kress was built in 1933. The building now houses a variety of businesses. [map] |
| Kress Iola, KS |
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| This Kress was built in 1908. There was a devastating fire in 1909 and the building was immediately rebuilt. The building was restored in 2017 and now houses Thrive Allen County. It is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. For more, see this website. [map] |
| Kress Lawrence, KS |
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| This Kress opened in 1911, combining two existing buildings. It closed around in the 1950s or 1960s. The building then operated as Raney's drug store until it closed in 1996. The building now houses the Kansas Sampler. [map] |
| Kress Parsons, KS |
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| This Kress was built in 1906 and closed in 1978. The facade has been significantly remodeled. The building now houses McCarty's Office Machines. For more, see this website. [map] |
| Kress Pittsburg, KS |
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| This Kress opened in 1912 and closed in the 1970s. The building now houses Madill's Mattress Gallery. [map] |
| Kress Salina, KS |
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| This Kress was built around 1910. The building was restored around 2008. [map] |
| Kress Wichita, KS |
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| This Neo-Gothic style Kress was built in 1929. It was designed by George E. MacKay. It was built as an experiment to see if elegantly designed buildings would improve sales. The experiment worked. The store closed in 1974. The building now houses the Kress Energy Center. It is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. For more, see this website. [map] |
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