Old store, any ideas what it was?

[jukeboxhero]

Hey everyone. This has been bugging me for a long time. There is an old building in Piqua, Ohio, that back in the late 80's/early 90's was an Odd Lots. Most recent it is a rental place. No one I've every talked to has any idea what it used to be. Any ideas?

[retailfan]

Kinda reminds me of Woolco  the one in Indianapolis looked a lot like that photo  That would be my best guess

[jukeboxhero]

Woolco is what I was thinking too, but I had never heard of any of those being in the area. Although I do know that there was a Woolworth downtown that then moved into the mall in town, in the 70's. That store was quite large as well. Was is common for them to have a large Woolworth in the same town as a Woolco?

[kendra]

My first instinct was Woolco as well.

[tokensafari]

yeah, i am going to go with Woolco on this one.

[Kmart4life]

Kinda looks like a Woolco or an old school Kmart

[BillyGr]

I've seen Ames stores in Chris' galleries that are similar.

Makes sense as Ames tended to take over many stores that others had left and/or bought out many chains or parts thereof.  So, an Ames building could have been (just about) anything before becoming an Ames.

[Retail Fan+ (Justin Hill)]