May Company Ohio
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| Type | Department store |
| Founded | 1898 |
| Dissolved | 1993 (merged with Kauffman's) |
| Headquarters | Cleveland, Ohio |
| Industry | Retail |
| Products | Clothing, footwear, bedding, furniture, jewelry, beauty products, and housewares. |
| Website | None |
May Company Ohio, was a regional department store based in Cleveland, Ohio. The chain is no longer in business.
[edit] History
In 1898, David May, the founder of May Department Stores, acquired E. R. Hull & Dutton Co. of Cleveland on Ontario Street, renaming it May Company, Cleveland. In 1914 May added an additional landmark building on Euclid Avenue, fronting on the southeast corner of Public Square. In 1939 May Co. acquired majority control of another Cleveland store, William Taylor Son & Co., which maintained a separate identity until 1961. Expansion to the suburbs began in the 1950s, with Sheffield Shopping Center, Lorain in 1953, Cedar-Center Plaza at Cedar and Warrensville Roads in University Heights in late 1956, and in 1961 a branch was opened at Southgate Shopping Center in Maple Heights (the Southgate store having been originally opened in 1958 by William Taylor Son & Co.). Several mall stores followed in the 1960s and 1970s, including Westfield Great Northern in North Olmsted, Randall Park Mall in North Randall and Euclid Square Mall in Euclid.
In 1989 May Company, Cleveland and O'Neil's, based in Akron were merged to form May Company Ohio, as the May Department Stores began condsolidating its regional department store divisions. On January 31, 1993 May Co. was merged into Kaufmann's of PIttsburgh PA, and its Downtown Cleveland store was closed. Many of its former locations became Macy's in 2006.
[edit] Former locations in Ohio
- Akron - Chapel Hill Mall (open 1967 as O'Neil's, became May Co. 1989, Kaufmann's 1993, Macy's 2006)
- Akron - Rolling Acres Mall (opened 1978 as O'Neil's, became May Co. 1989, Kaufmann's 1993, Macy's 2006, closing in 2008)
- Akron - Summit Mall (opened 1965 as O'Neil's, became May Co. 1989, Kaufmann's 1993, Macy's 2006)
- Canton - Canton Centre (previously Mellet Mall) (opened 1968 as O'Neil's, became May Co. 1989, Kaufmann's 1993, Macy's 2006, closing in 2008)
- Cleveland - Public Square (flagship; established 1898, closed 1993)
- Elyria - Midway Mall (opened 1990, became Kaufmann's 1993, Macy's 2006)
- North Canton - Belden Village Mall (now Westfield Belden Village) (opened 1971 as O'Neil's, became May Co. 1989, Kaufmann's 1993, Macy's 2006)
- Euclid - Euclid Square Mall (opened 1977, became Kaufmann's 1993, closed 1998)
- Lorain - Sheffield Shopping Center (opened 1953, closed 1990 with Midway Mall store opening)
- Maple Heights - Southgate Shopping Center (opened 1961 in former William Taylor location from 1958, closed 1980s)
- Mentor - Great Lakes Mall (opened 1964, became Kaufmann's 1993, Macy's 2006)
- North Olmsted - Westfield Great Northern (opened 1965, became Kaufmann's 1993, Macy's 2006)
- North Randall - Randall Park Mall (opened 1976 as May Co., became Kaufmann's 1993, Macy's 2006, closing in 2008)
- Ontario - Richland Mall (opened 1969 as O'Neil's, became May Co. 1989, Kaufmann's 1993, Macy's 2006)
- Parma - Parmatown Mall (opened 1960, became Kaufmann's 1993, Macy's 2006)
- Sandusky - Sandusky Mall (opened 1979 as May Co., became Kaufmann's 1993, Macy's 2006)
- Stow - Stow-Kent Shopping Center (opened 1965 as O'Neil's, became May Co. 1989, Kaufmann's 1993, Macy's 2006)
- University Heights - Cedar Center (opened 1956, became Kaufmann's 1993, closed and demolished 2002, reopened after shopping center was rebuilt)
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