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Tennessee Kress Stores

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Kress Building
Bristol, TN
This Kress was built around 1922. It now houses Borderline Billiards. [map]

Kress Building
Elizabethton, TN
This Kress was designed by George E. MacKay and built in 1929. The building features terracotta details. The store closed in 1975. The building's lower level is now occupied by Nunley's Furniture Plaza. The horizontal Kress sign in the last photo above remains on the back of the building. [map]

Kress Building
Johnson City, TN
This Kress now houses Allied Dispatch Solutions. The third photo above shows the backside of this double-entranced building. [map]

Kress Building
Knoxville, TN
This Kress [map]

Kress Building
Memphis, TN
This Kress was designed by E.J.T. Hoffman and built in 1927. The building features a colorful and detailed terracotta facade styled after an Italian Renaissance palazzo. This was the fourth Kress store built in Memphis, relocating each time to the new location. McCrory purchased the building in 1980. The store closed in 1994. The building was renovated in 2004-2005. It now houses the Marriott Springhill Suites. [map]

Kress Building
Nashville, TN
This Kress was designed by Edward F. Sibbert and built in 1936. This was Nashville's fourth and grandest Kress store. It closed in 1980. It was being converted into condos when these photos were taken in 2008. The ground floor now houses an art gallery. [map]

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