You are here

Savannah » Downtown » Broughton Street » Gap (S. H. Kress and Company)

Gap (S. H. Kress and Company)

-A A +A
1923, E. J. T. Hoffman; 1938 expansion, Edward F. Sibbert; 1947 and 1959 show windows replaced; 2000–2001 renovation, Dawson Wissmach Architects. 114–124 W. Broughton St.

One of the five-and-dime chains, S. H. Kress and Company (later renamed Kmart) established their first store in Savannah in 1913 in an existing building on this site (demolished 1922). Kress stores were recognized for their architectural character and their Savannah store is no exception, with its abstracted classical facades enlivened by inset panels of terra-cotta and limestone, as well as decorative brickwork. A 1938 expansion to the east, altering the adjoining Blumberg Building, seamlessly doubled the store’s size (noticeable only by the central pair pilaster strips on the upper stories) and adding the metal canopy. McCrory Stores purchased the location in 1980, closing this Kress store in 1997. In 2001 the upper stories were converted to residential use.

Writing Credits

Author: 
Robin B. Williams with David Gobel, Patrick Haughey, Daves Rossell, and Karl Schuler
×

Data

What's Nearby

Paris Market (Lyons Block)
Commercial Buildings (Thomas Gibbons Block)
Weed Building
Ellis Square
Ellis Square

Citation

Robin B. Williams with David Gobel, Patrick Haughey, Daves Rossell, and Karl Schuler, "Gap (S. H. Kress and Company)", [Savannah, Georgia], SAH Archipedia, eds. Gabrielle Esperdy and Karen Kingsley, Charlottesville: UVaP, 2012—, http://sah-archipedia.org/buildings/GA-02-3.4.

Print Source

Buildings of Savannah, Robin B. Williams. With David Gobel, Patrick Haughey, Daves Rossell, and Karl Schuler. Charlottesville: University of Virginia Press, 2016, 70-71.

If SAH Archipedia has been useful to you, please consider supporting it.

SAH Archipedia tells the story of the United States through its buildings, landscapes, and cities. This freely available resource empowers the public with authoritative knowledge that deepens their understanding and appreciation of the built environment. But the Society of Architectural Historians, which created SAH Archipedia with University of Virginia Press, needs your support to maintain the high-caliber research, writing, photography, cartography, editing, design, and programming that make SAH Archipedia a trusted online resource available to all who value the history of place, heritage tourism, and learning.

,