Gus Blass Department Store - Revision history

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 The stores in Little Rock and Pine Bluff were purchased in February 1964 by [[William T. Dillard]] and a group of investors, including [[Raymond Rebsamen]], [[C. Hamilton Moses]], [[Dave Grunsfest]], [[Jack East Sr.]], [[Paul M. Leird]], [[John Collins]], [[Leonard F. Levy]], [[E. Ray Kemp]], [[Jack East Jr.]], [[W. H. Bransford]], [[Gus Blass II]], [[C. A. Woolsey]], [[Robert M. Goff]], [[Phillip G. Back]], and [[Max A. Heiman]]. Chairman Hugo Heiman resigned under the terms of the sale.
-Violating a longstanding agreement among downtown businessmen, Dillard opened a Blass branch store in the new [[Park Plaza Mall]] on University Avenue.
+Violating a longstanding agreement among downtown businessmen, Dillard opened a Blass branch store in the new [[Park Plaza Mall]] on University Avenue. The store chain was renamed [[Pfeifer-Blass]] in 1967 in a merger with nearby department store [[Pfeifer's]]. Six Arkansas stores would eventually operate under the hyphenated name. Dillard closed the downtown Blass location in August 1972. Local newspapers decried the event as signaling the end of downtown shopping in the city. [[McCain Mall]] opened in suburban [[North Little Rock]] one week after the closing of the Blass store.
-The store chain was renamed [[Pfeifer-Blass]] in 1967 in a merger with nearby department store [[Pfeifer's]]. Six Arkansas stores would eventually operate under the hyphenated name.
+The Blass Building was purchased by [[Doyle Rogers Company]] in the late 1990s, and is slated to become a mixed use project via a joint venture between both Doyle Rogers Company and [[Moses Tucker Real Estate]]. The project would include offices, retail, and multifamily residential units.
 ==References==

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 Gus Blass died in 1919 and control of the store fell to his son [[Julian Blass]]. Julian Blass remained president until his death in 1939. Thereupon [[Noland Blass Sr.]] became store president, retiring in 1950. In that year [[Hugo Heiman]] became president of the company. When Heiman became board chairman in 1960, [[Julian Blass Jr.]] became store president.
-In 1959 or 1960 two [[Philander Smith College]] students, [[Thomas B. Robinson]] and [[Frank James Lupper]], staged a sit-in demonstration at the department store's segregated lunch counter.
+In 1959 or 1960 two [[Philander Smith College]] students, [[Thomas B. Robinson]] and [[Frank James Lupper]], staged a sit-in demonstration in the mezzanine tearoom, the department store's segregated lunch counter.
 The stores in Little Rock and Pine Bluff were purchased in February 1964 by [[William T. Dillard]] and a group of investors, including [[Raymond Rebsamen]], [[C. Hamilton Moses]], [[Dave Grunsfest]], [[Jack East Sr.]], [[Paul M. Leird]], [[John Collins]], [[Leonard F. Levy]], [[E. Ray Kemp]], [[Jack East Jr.]], [[W. H. Bransford]], [[Gus Blass II]], [[C. A. Woolsey]], [[Robert M. Goff]], [[Phillip G. Back]], and [[Max A. Heiman]]. Chairman Hugo Heiman resigned under the terms of the sale.

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 In 1959 or 1960 two [[Philander Smith College]] students, [[Thomas B. Robinson]] and [[Frank James Lupper]], staged a sit-in demonstration at the department store's segregated lunch counter.
-The stores in Little Rock and Pine Bluff were purchased in February 1964 by [[William T. Dillard]] and a group of investors, including [[Raymond Rebsamen]], [[C. Hamilton Moses]], [[Dave Grunsfest]], [[Jack East Sr.]], [[Paul M. Leird]], [[John Collins]], [[Leonard F. Levy]], [[E. Ray Kemp]], [[Jack East Jr.]], W. H. Bransford]], [[Gus Blass II]], [[C. A. Woolsey]], [[Robert M. Goff]], [[Phillip G. Back]], and [[Max A. Heiman]]. Chairman Hugo Heiman resigned under the terms of the sale.
+The stores in Little Rock and Pine Bluff were purchased in February 1964 by [[William T. Dillard]] and a group of investors, including [[Raymond Rebsamen]], [[C. Hamilton Moses]], [[Dave Grunsfest]], [[Jack East Sr.]], [[Paul M. Leird]], [[John Collins]], [[Leonard F. Levy]], [[E. Ray Kemp]], [[Jack East Jr.]], [[W. H. Bransford]], [[Gus Blass II]], [[C. A. Woolsey]], [[Robert M. Goff]], [[Phillip G. Back]], and [[Max A. Heiman]]. Chairman Hugo Heiman resigned under the terms of the sale.
 Violating a longstanding agreement among downtown businessmen, Dillard opened a Blass branch store in the new [[Park Plaza Mall]] on University Avenue.

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 [[Image:Blass-store-postcard.jpg|thumb|300px|Postcard view of Gus Blass Department Store.]]
 [[Image:Blass-woolworth-main-postcard.jpg|thumb|300px|Blass Department Store on Main Street.]]
-The '''Gus Blass Company Department Store''' was founded by [[Gus Blass]] and [[Max Heiman]] near [[Little Rock]]'s steamboat landing in 1871, and within a few years occupied several storefronts on the 300 block of Main, including 307-309-311, which held its wholesale operation. Fire swept the block sometime after 1900.
+The '''Gus Blass Company Department Store''' was founded by [[Gus Blass]] and [[Max Heiman]] near [[Little Rock]]'s eastern steamboat landing in 1871, and within a few years occupied several storefronts on the 300 block of Main Street, including 307-309-311, which held its wholesale operation. Fire swept the block sometime after 1900.
-The extant building at 310-322 Main Street was designed in the style of Lewis Sullivan by architect [[George R. Mann]] and constructed in 1912-1913. A fire damaged the facade in 1916. A [[Candy Kitchen]] operated inside the building. The even side of the 300 block of Main also held a U.S. Post Office, the [[Rose Building]], and the offices of optometrist [[Ralph Hannah]].
+The extant building at 310-324 Main Street was designed in the style of Lewis Sullivan by architect [[George R. Mann]] and constructed in 1912-1913. It is considered one of the city's first true skyscrapers. A fire damaged the facade in 1916. A [[Candy Kitchen]] operated inside the building. The even side of the 300 block of Main also held a U.S. Post Office, the [[Rose Building]], and the offices of optometrist [[Ralph Hannah]].
-The store was purchased by [[William T. Dillard]] in February 1964. It was renamed [[Pfeifer-Blass]] in 1968 in a merger with nearby department store [[Pfeifer's]]. The Blass location was permanently closed in July 1972.
+Gus Blass died in 1919 and control of the store fell to his son [[Julian Blass]]. Julian Blass remained president until his death in 1939. Thereupon [[Noland Blass Sr.]] became store president, retiring in 1950. In that year [[Hugo Heiman]] became president of the company. When Heiman became board chairman in 1960, [[Julian Blass Jr.]] became store president.
 ==References==
 *Leroy Donald, "Owner Finds New Home for Store Behind Facade," ''Arkansas Gazette,'' October 23, 1983.
 *Ray Hanley, ''Little Rock'' (Arcadia Publishing, 2007), 25.
 ==External links==
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 *[http://www.departmentstorehistory.net/disc.htm The History of Department Stores]
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 [[Image:Blass-store-postcard.jpg|thumb|300px|Postcard view of Gus Blass Department Store.]]
 [[Image:Blass-woolworth-main-postcard.jpg|thumb|300px|Blass Department Store on Main Street.]]
-The '''Gus Blass Company Department Store''' in Little Rock, Arkansas, was designed in the style of Lewis Sullivan by architect [[George R. Mann]]. The seven-story store was built in 1912-1913 at 310-322 Main Street downtown. The [[Candy Kitchen]] operated inside the building.
+The '''Gus Blass Company Department Store''' was founded by [[Gus Blass]] and [[Max Heiman]] near [[Little Rock]]'s steamboat landing in 1871, and within a few years occupied several storefronts on the 300 block of Main, including 307-309-311, which held its wholesale operation. Fire swept the block sometime after 1900.
-The store was purchased by [[William T. Dillard]] in February 1964. The store was renamed [[Pfeifer-Blass]] in 1968 in a merger with nearby department store [[Pfeifer's]]. The Blass location was permanently closed in July 1972.
+The extant building at 310-322 Main Street was designed in the style of Lewis Sullivan by architect [[George R. Mann]] and constructed in 1912-1913. A fire damaged the facade in 1916. A [[Candy Kitchen]] operated inside the building. The even side of the 300 block of Main also held a U.S. Post Office, the [[Rose Building]], and the offices of optometrist [[Ralph Hannah]].
-The Gus Blass Company, founded by [[Gus Blass]] and [[Max Heiman]] in Little Rock in 1871, occupied several storefronts on the 300 block of Main, including 307-309-311, which held its wholesale operation. The even side of the 300 block of Main also had a U.S. Post Office and the offices of optometrist [[Ralph Hannah]].
+The store was purchased by [[William T. Dillard]] in February 1964. It was renamed [[Pfeifer-Blass]] in 1968 in a merger with nearby department store [[Pfeifer's]]. The Blass location was permanently closed in July 1972.
 ==References==
 *Leroy Donald, "Owner Finds New Home for Store Behind Facade," ''Arkansas Gazette,'' October 23, 1983.
 ==External links==

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		+	[[Image:Blass-store-postcard.jpg\|thumb\|Postcard view of Gus Blass Department Store.]]
	[[Image:Blass-woolworth-main-postcard.jpg\|thumb\|Blass Department Store on Main Street.]]		[[Image:Blass-woolworth-main-postcard.jpg\|thumb\|Blass Department Store on Main Street.]]
	The '''Gus Blass Department Store''' in Little Rock, Arkansas, was designed in the style of Lewis Sullivan by architect [[George R. Mann]]. The seven-story store was built in 1912-1913 at 313-322 Main Street downtown. The store was purchased by [[William T. Dillard]] in February 1964. The store was renamed [[Pfeifer-Blass]] in 1968 in a merger with nearby department store [[Pfeifer's]]. The Blass location was permanently closed in July 1972.		The '''Gus Blass Department Store''' in Little Rock, Arkansas, was designed in the style of Lewis Sullivan by architect [[George R. Mann]]. The seven-story store was built in 1912-1913 at 313-322 Main Street downtown. The store was purchased by [[William T. Dillard]] in February 1964. The store was renamed [[Pfeifer-Blass]] in 1968 in a merger with nearby department store [[Pfeifer's]]. The Blass location was permanently closed in July 1972.

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−	[[Image:Blass-woolworth-main-postcard.jpg\|Blass Department Store on Main Street.]]	+	[[Image:Blass-woolworth-main-postcard.jpg\|thumb\|Blass Department Store on Main Street.]]
	The '''Gus Blass Department Store''' in Little Rock, Arkansas, was designed in the style of Lewis Sullivan by architect [[George R. Mann]]. The seven-story store was built in 1912-1913 at 313-322 Main Street downtown. The store was purchased by [[William T. Dillard]] in February 1964. The store was renamed [[Pfeifer-Blass]] in 1968 in a merger with nearby department store [[Pfeifer's]]. The Blass location was permanently closed in July 1972.		The '''Gus Blass Department Store''' in Little Rock, Arkansas, was designed in the style of Lewis Sullivan by architect [[George R. Mann]]. The seven-story store was built in 1912-1913 at 313-322 Main Street downtown. The store was purchased by [[William T. Dillard]] in February 1964. The store was renamed [[Pfeifer-Blass]] in 1968 in a merger with nearby department store [[Pfeifer's]]. The Blass location was permanently closed in July 1972.