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Kresge was born near Allentown, Pennsylvania, the son of Sebastian Kresge and the former Catherine Kunkle.Living on the family farm in Kresgeville (named for his ancestors) until he was 21 years old, he was educated in the local public schools, the Fairview Academy, in Brodheadsville, Pennsylvania, and at the Eastman Business College in Poughkeepsie, New York, from which he graduated in March ...
S. S. Kresge Fireworks Explosion: Cleveland, Ohio: United States: 7 deaths [1] five-and-dime store 1909-07-03: Great Nampa Fire: Arnold Cigar Store, Nampa, Idaho: United States: 4–5 deaths, unconfirmed: Cigar Store 1928-03-06: Fireworks factory explosion: Samarang, Java: Indonesia: 20+ deaths: factory 1930-04-03: Pennsylvania Fireworks ...
George Joseph Kresge (born 1935), American mentalist, the Amazing Kreskin; Karen Kresge (born 1957), British choreographer; Sebastian Spering Kresge (1867–1966), American merchant and philanthropist, founder of Kmart, formerly known as the S. S. Kresge Company; Fictional characters: Lynne Kresge, character in the second season of the TV series 24
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Kresge may refer to: Kresge (surname) S. S. Kresge Corporation, a former American department store chain, predecessor of Kmart retail stores; The Kresge Foundation, a philanthropic organization established by Sebastian S. Kresge in 1924; Kresge Hearing Research Institute, a research institute of Department of Otolaryngology in Ann Arbor, Michigan
The Metropolitan Center for High Technology, formerly S. S. Kresge World Headquarters, is an office building located at 2727 Second Avenue in Midtown Detroit, Michigan.It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places and designated a Michigan State Historic Site in 1979.
Of these, only Ben Franklin continues to exist in this form, while Kresge and Walton's became mega-retailers Kmart and Walmart, respectively. Beginning around the 1960s, others tried the larger "discount store" format, such as TG&Y Family Centers, W. T. Grant, and Woolworth's Woolco stores. [citation needed]
Horizon – discount department store operated by Eaton's, 1967–1978; Kmart Canada – discount department store, usually in the suburbs, created by S.S. Kresge sold Canadian stores to Hudson's Bay Company in 1997; many of these stores closed outright; the few that remained were converted to HBC's Zellers banner