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.
B. Altman and Company B. Altman and Company was a luxury department store and chain, founded in 1865 in New York City, New York, by Benjamin Altman. It had its flagship store at Fifth Avenue and 34th Street in Midtown Manhattan from 1906 until the company closed on its flagship store on Fifth Avenue at the end of 1989. Branch stores were all shuttered by the end of January, 1990.