S. H. Kress and Co. Building (Iola, Kansas)

Last updated

The Kress Building in Iola, Kansas is a historic 1908 retail building rebuilt in 1916 that was part of the S. H. Kress and Co. and is now home to Thrive Allen County. [1] It is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. [2] It is at 9 South Jefferson Street. [3]

Guests at its debut received a Japanese pin tray. [4] Julius H. Zeitner designed it. Seymour Burrell designed the 1916 reconstruction. [2] The building was rebuilt after two fires. [1]

The Kansas archives have a photograph of Valentine's Day cards in the store's window. [5]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 County, Thrive Allen (September 17, 2017). "A Tour of Thrive's New Home".
  2. 1 2 https://www.kshs.org/resource/national_register/nominationsNRDB/AllenCo_KressBuilding_LISTED_09272022.pdf
  3. ↑ "National and State Registers of Historic Places - Kansas Historical Society". www.kshs.org.
  4. ↑ "Kress Grand Opening". The Iola Register. November 13, 1908. p. 1 – via newspapers.com.
  5. ↑ "Kress Department Store, Iola, Kansas - Kansas Memory". www.kansasmemory.org.
This page is based on this Wikipedia article
Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license; additional terms may apply.
Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.