Sanger-Harris

Sanger-Harris
Former type	Department store
Industry	Retail
Fate	merged with Foley's
Successor	Foley's ; Macy's
Founded	1961
Defunct	1987
Headquarters	Dallas, Texas
Products	Clothing, footwear, bedding, furniture, electronics, jewelry, beauty products, housewares
Parent	Federated Department Stores, Inc.

Last updated February 20, 2019

Sanger-Harris (or, Sanger Harris as it later appeared) was a department store chain from 1961 to 1987. It was formed by Federated Department Stores in 1961 from two Dallas chains, Sanger Brothers and A. Harris and Co., that dated from the 19th century. The firm merged with the chain Foley's in 1987.

Foley's was a chain of department stores owned by May Department Stores and headquartered in Downtown Houston, Texas. As of August 30, 2005, the division was dissolved and operation of the stores was assumed by Federated's Macy's West and Macy's South divisions. Foley's operated stores in Texas, Colorado, Louisiana, Arizona, Oklahoma and New Mexico. On September 9, 2006 Foley's and all the regional May Co. stores names were phased out and rebranded as Macy's.

History

This logo replaced an initial one used after Sanger Bros. and A. Harris merged. This hyphenated version was used until a revised version introduced later (in the infobox above) that excluded the hyphen between the names.

Sanger-Harris of Dallas, Texas, was the result of the 1961 merger of then four-unit Sanger Brothers Dry Goods Company of Dallas, founded in 1868 by the five Sanger brothers^[1] and acquired by Federated Department Stores in 1951; and the two-unit A. Harris and Company of Dallas, founded in 1887 and acquired by Federated in 1961.

In 1965 the company built a new downtown Dallas store to replace the flagship stores of the two companies and, so the business legend goes, turned down the opportunity to move into a new shopping center called NorthPark Center. During the late 1970s, the chain dropped the hyphen between 'Sanger' and 'Harris' (rumored as a way to differentiate from hometown rival Neiman-Marcus), and continued as an upper-moderate shopping destination. In January 1987 it was merged into the Foley's division.

Downtown Dallas is the Central Business District (CBD) of Dallas, Texas USA, located in the geographic center of the city. The area termed "Downtown" has traditionally been defined as bounded by the downtown freeway loop: bounded on the east by I-345 (although known and signed as the northern terminus of I-45 and the southern terminus of US 75, on the west by I-35E, on the south by I-30, and on the north by Spur 366. The square miles, population and density figures in the adjacent table represent the data for this traditional definition.

NorthPark Center is an upscale, enclosed shopping mall located in Dallas, Texas. The mall is located at the intersection of Loop 12 (Northwest Highway) and US 75. Originally opened in 1965, the center now has over 235 stores and restaurants and annual sales of more than $1 billion. NorthPark Center is the nineteenth largest mall in the United States, based on esri.com.

Architecture

Sanger-Harris stores are known for their iconic column and mosaic architecture^[2]. The first building to feature the iconic white columns and mosaic is the Downtown Dallas store. The Sanger-Harris branch stores that were built after 1965 all feature this iconic design. The mosaic is now hidden on Sanger-Harris Building in Downtown Dallas but the iconic white columns are still visible and the building is still a Downtown Dallas landmark. Most of the former Sanger-Harris branch stores still feature this iconic design today.

Locations

Early stores in operation by 1961


Downtown Elm St./Lamar St./Main St. block Dallas	1870s-1965 (Sanger Bros. until 1961)	This store was open until the new replacement Sanger-Harris location opened at Pacific/Akard in 1965; this building is now the El Centro College campus of the Dallas County Community College District (DCCCD)
Downtown Main and Akard St. (Kirby Building) Dallas	?-1965 (A. Harris and Co. until 1961)	This store was open until the new replacement Sanger-Harris location opened at Pacific/Akard in 1965; it is now an apartment building
A. Harris Center Beckley Ave. at Kiest Blvd. Dallas	?-1975 (A. Harris and Co. until 1961)	This store was retained as a Sanger-Harris location until the opening of the Red Bird Mall (later Southwest Center) location; it is now Nolan Estes Plaza, part of the Dallas Independent School District
Highland Park Village Highland Park	(see the other Stores section below for more)
Big Town Mesquite
Preston Center Dallas
Plymouth Park Irving

Stores operating by 1987


Downtown (flagship store) Pacific and Akard St. Dallas	1965-1987 (Foley's until 1990)	Foley's retained this location until it closed in 1990; it is now the headquarters for Dallas Area Rapid Transit	Etching on pillar outside the former Sanger Harris downtown Dallas store location. This logo was used initially after the Sanger Brothers-A. Harris & Co. merger, prior to the eventual introduction of the one at the top right of this page. This etching was retained by DART.
Highland Park Village Highland Park	1961-1987 (Sanger Bros. until 1961)	This location was retained by Foley's, the building was later a Sakowitz location, now other retailer(s) occupy the space
Big Town Mesquite	1961-1987 (Sanger Bros. until 1961)	This location closed after the Foley's merger; it was torn down when the mall was razed
Preston Center Dallas	1961-1987 (Sanger Bros. until 1961)(Foley's until ?)	Foley's retained this location until they moved to NorthPark Center; now subdivided with multiple tenants
Plymouth Park Irving	1961-1987 (Sanger Bros. until 1961)	This location was closed (Foley's moved to a former Joske's store at Irving Mall); the property was sold to a neighboring church and the building was later razed
Six Flags Mall Arlington	1970-1987 (Foley's until 2005)	Foley's ended up closing this location, which was torn down in late 2016 along with much of the mall property	"Dead Mall" tours: interior entrance, 2011, exterior entrance, 2011, interior entrance, November 2016 (just before demolition work began)
Town East Mesquite	1971-1987 (Foley's until 2006; Macy's to present)	Foley's retained this store, which is now a Macy's
Valley View Center Dallas	1973-1987 (Foley's until 2006; Macy's until 2008)	Foley's, and later Macy's retained this location initially, it has since closed and is being demolished as of 2017	A former Sanger Harris (later a Macy's) at Valley View Center in June 2012
Southwest Center (previously Red Bird) Dallas	1975-1987 (Foley's until 2006; Macy's until 2017)	This location was retained by Foley's and Macy's until 2017 when the store closed
Hulen Mall Fort Worth	1977-1987 (Foley's until 2006; Macy's to present)	This location was retained by Foley's and Macy's
North Hills Mall North Richland Hills	1979-1987 (Foley's until 2001)	Foley's closed this location when it moved to nearby North East Mall, building was torn down when mall property was razed
Collin Creek Mall Plano	1980-1987 (Foley's until 2006; Macy's until 2017)	This location was retained by Foley's and Macy's until 2017 when the store closed
Sanger Harris Plaza Tyler	1982-1987 (Foley's until 2006; Macy's until 2017)	This location was retained by Foley's and Macy's until 2017 when the store closed
Southroads Tulsa	?-1987 (Foley's until ?)	This location was retained by Foley's initially, but the store and mall were torn down and the property redeveloped; Foley's relocated to Promenade Mall across the street
Woodland Hills Tulsa	?-1987 (Foley's until 2006; Macy's to present)	This location was retained by Foley's and Macy's
Crossroads Oklahoma City	?-1987 (Foley's until 2006; Macy's until ?)	Foley's, and later Macy's retained this location, but it has since closed, now is vacant
Quail Springs Oklahoma City	?-1987 (Foley's until 2006; Macy's until 2016)	Foley's, and later Macy's retained this location until 2016, now is closed
Foothills Tucson	?-1987 (Levy's until ?; Foley's until ?; Robinsons-May until ?)	Retained by Foley's initially, later a Robinsons-May; mall now repurposed with outlets
El Con Tucson	1985-1987 (Levy's until 1985 Foley's until 1997; Robinsons-May until 2006; Macy's until 2007)	Retained by Foley's initially, later a Robinsons-May, then a Macy's, now demolished
Tucson Mall Tucson	1982-1987 (Sanger-Harris until 1987 Foley's until 1997?; Robinsons-May until 2006 Macy's to present)	Retained by Foley's initially, later a Robinsons-May, now a Macy's
Coronado Center Albuquerque	?-1987 (Foley's until ?)	Foley's initially retained this store, later closed the store, then returned still later to another space in the mall; now this location is a JCPenney

In popular culture

In early episodes of Dallas , the downtown Dallas store was used for filming in two different storylines:

<i>Dallas</i> (1978 TV series) American television soap opera (1978-1991)

Dallas is an American prime time television soap opera that aired on CBS from April 2, 1978 to May 3, 1991. The series revolves around a wealthy and feuding Texas family, the Ewings, who own the independent oil company Ewing Oil and the cattle-ranching land of Southfork. The series originally focused on the marriage of Bobby Ewing and Pamela Barnes, whose families were sworn enemies with each other. As the series progressed, Bobby's older brother, oil tycoon J.R. Ewing, became the show's breakout character, whose schemes and dirty business became the show's trademark. When the show ended in May 1991, J.R. was the only character to have appeared in every episode.

• When a lowly young woman agrees to give up her baby to Sue Ellen (played by Linda Gray), Sue Ellen visits a department store to shop for baby clothes and related items. Pam (Victoria Principal) sees Sue Ellen and wonders why she is there. Sue Ellen tries to pass it off as getting baby items to give to charity. Later Sue Ellen can be seen walking in front of the downtown Dallas store, with bags in her hand clearly displaying the Sanger Harris logo and design. Then, she goes to drop off the bags with the mother and finds J.R. (Larry Hagman) there instead.

• Pam decides she wants to work outside the home, visits "the store" for a job interview with friend Liz Craig (Barbara Babcock); the downtown Dallas store facade can clearly be seen as Pam approaches the front door of the store. After Pam snags the job, later views of the downtown Dallas store's side entrance on Akard St. can be seen used to introduce scenes of Pam at work.

In the 1986 movie True Stories , a fashion show takes place at the mall in Virgil, Texas. As the scene is about to begin, the camera pans by a mall's exterior. A Sanger-Harris store building can be seen, among others. This exterior actually belonged to Big Town Mall in Mesquite.
During Dallas showings of The Rocky Horror Picture Show, audience members would sing the Sanger-Harris jingle "You can always tell a Sanger Harris man". This was done when Dr. Frank-N-Furter came down the elevator in heels and fish net stockings.
Prank call comedian Lucius Tate often pretended to be a collection agent from Sanger-Harris when calling his victims.

True Stories is a 1986 American musical satirical comedy film, directed by and starring David Byrne of the band Talking Heads. It co-stars John Goodman, Swoosie Kurtz, and Spalding Gray.

Bibliography

Rosenberg, Leon Joseph (1978). Sangers': Pioneer Texas Merchants. Texas State Historical Association. ISBN 0-87611-037-5.
Meyer, Lasker M. (2011). Foley's (Images of America). Arcadia Publishing. ISBN 0-7385-7928-9.

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References

↑ Goldman, Kay. "Isaac Sanger." In Immigrant Entrepreneurship: German-American Business Biographies, 1720 to the Present, vol. 2, edited by William J. Hausman. German Historical Institute. Last modified July 25, 2012.
↑ "Sanger-Harris, Dallas, Texas". www.thedepartmentstoremuseum.org. Retrieved 2018-03-11.

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[1] Goldman, Kay. "Isaac Sanger." In Immigrant Entrepreneurship: German-American Business Biographies, 1720 to the Present, vol. 2, edited by William J. Hausman. German Historical Institute. Last modified July 25, 2012.

[2] "Sanger-Harris, Dallas, Texas". www.thedepartmentstoremuseum.org. Retrieved 2018-03-11.