Ames #1 store was originally a Kmart!!!

[Mobil]

The Ames in Sturbridge, MA, which closed as store #1, appears to be a former Kmart!!! Does anyone know the history of it?

[NJxxJon]

Originally posted by Mobil
The Ames in Sturbridge, MA, which closed as store #1, appears to be a former Kmart!!! Does anyone know the history of it?

http://maps.live.com/default.aspx?v=2&FORM=LMLTSN&cp=r0gmzn8ztr7k&style=b&lvl=2&tilt=-90&dir=0&alt=-1000&scene=1956299&phx=0&phy=0&phscl=1&encType=1

Still there.

[C. Fontaine]

That it is, I drive by it every weekend!

[Mobil]

Originally posted by C. Fontaine
That it is, I drive by it every weekend!

The Kmart appears to have been built in the period 1969-1974. Does anyone know when it closed? I read many Kmarts closed in 1994. Kmart went bankrupt in 2002, the same year as Ames. :huh:

But I do know Kmart (and many other stores) close individual stores sometimes.

A MUST SEE commercial featuring a Kmart of this style:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pDKVLyRt0jQ