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Former Double 8 Foods store on Illinois Street in Indianapolis, Indiana. Double 8 Foods was a local grocery chain based in Indianapolis. It opened under the name "Seven-Eleven Supermarket" in 1957 and renamed to Double 8 in 2000. [1] The stores differentiated themselves by including soul food like chitterlings, catfish, and pork ribs. [2]
The William H. Block Company was a department store chain in Indianapolis and other cities in Indiana. It was founded in 1874 by Herman Wilhelm Bloch, an immigrant from Austria-Hungary who had Americanized his name to William H. Block. The main store was located at 9 East Washington Street in Indianapolis in 1896.
Two months later, a 108,000-square-foot (10,000 m 2) Montgomery Ward department store opened off the JCPenney wing. The store was Montgomery Ward's first purpose-built store in an Indianapolis mall, as their other three shopping mall stores (Lafayette Square, Washington Square, and Greenwood Park Mall) were all purchased from William H. Block ...
The restaurant was known for the large tee pee on top of its roof and was open from 6:30 a.m. to 1:30 a.m., "practically around the clock," according to a 1969 article in the Indianapolis Star.
In 1970, the governments of Indianapolis and Marion County consolidated, expanding the city from 82 square miles (210 km 2) [3] to more than 360 square miles (930 km 2) overnight. As a result, Indianapolis has a unique urban-to-rural transect, ranging from dense urban neighborhoods, to suburban tract housing subdivisions, to rural villages. [4]
With the death of H. P. Wasson in 1910, and his son Kenard Wasson in 1912, the store was sold to Gustave A. Efroymson and his brother-in-law Louis P. Wolf. The chain would eventually consist of seven stores with the flagship store located at 2 West Washington Street in downtown Indianapolis. Efroymson was president of the company from 1912 to 1930.
The Indiana Football Coaches Association released its all-state teams over the weekend. A look at the teams: Mr. Football position award winners: Indiana coaches pick state's best at each spot Top ...
The store closed in 2020. This mall was built by Edward J. DeBartolo Sr. and opened in April 1974, supplanting Eastgate Shopping Center three miles to the west, which had opened 1957. JCPenney, Sears, and many prime tenants made the move from Eastgate to Washington Square. L. S. Ayres and William H. Block were also anchors when the mall was built.