Kress building was built in 1934 by what chain of five and dime retail department stores, which operated from 1896 to 1981?
Kress Building (Columbia, South Carolina) Kress Building is a historic commercial building located at Columbia, South Carolina. It was built in 1934 by S. H. Kress & Co., and is a two-story, Art Deco style building faced with white terra cotta and colored terra cotta ornamentation. It features rounded storefront windows and cornice that contains the word “Kress” and surmounted by a stepped parapet.
Sky City (store) Sky City was a discount store chain based in Asheville, North Carolina. In the early 1990s, Sky City took a huge plummet when Wal-Mart started moving into the areas of North Carolina where there had previously been no competition except for Rose's Department Store. In 1991 Interco, Inc. sold Sky City Stores, Inc. to a group of investors, headed by Harvey Yellen, Sky City Stores' chief executive officer, for an undisclosed figure. The investment group formed a new company, Sky City Holding Corp.