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Phil: New page: '''McLellan's''' was a grocery and variety store at 600 Main Street in downtown Little Rock. The store opened in November 1949 with 225 regular employees and closed on December 24, 1975. T...

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New page: '''McLellan's''' was a grocery and variety store at 600 Main Street in downtown Little Rock. The store opened in November 1949 with 225 regular employees and closed on December 24, 1975. T...

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'''McLellan's''' was a grocery and variety store at 600 Main Street in downtown Little Rock. The store opened in November 1949 with 225 regular employees and closed on December 24, 1975. The last store manager was [[James H. Coley]].

The store was originally located at 604 Main Street where it opened shortly after the end of World War II. McLellan's was a chain owned by McCrory Corporation of York, Pennsylvania. The company also owned [[McCrory's]] in [[McCain Mall]].

==References==

*"Main Street Fixture to Close Doors," ''Arkansas Gazette,'' December 3, 1975.

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	'''McLellan's''' was a grocery and variety store at 600-606 Main Street in downtown Little Rock. The store opened in November 1949 with 225 regular employees and closed on December 24, 1975. [[AG Stores]] operated a grocery in the basement of the building. It also closed in 1975, the last grocery to survive in the downtown district. The last McLellan's store manager was [[James H. Coley]], who noted that the store closed because the building had become decrepit and because of the high cost of assessments supporting the planned [[Metrocentre]] pedestrian mall.		'''McLellan's''' was a grocery and variety store at 600-606 Main Street in downtown Little Rock. The store opened in November 1949 with 225 regular employees and closed on December 24, 1975. [[AG Stores]] operated a grocery in the basement of the building. It also closed in 1975, the last grocery to survive in the downtown district. The last McLellan's store manager was [[James H. Coley]], who noted that the store closed because the building had become decrepit and because of the high cost of assessments supporting the planned [[Metrocentre]] pedestrian mall.

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-'''McLellan's''' was a grocery and variety store at 600 Main Street in downtown Little Rock. The store opened in November 1949 with 225 regular employees and closed on December 24, 1975. [[AG Stores]] operated a grocery in the basement of the building. It also closed in 1975, the last grocery to survive in the downtown district. The last McLellan's store manager was [[James H. Coley]], who noted that the store closed because the building had become decrepit and because of the high cost of assessments supporting the planned [[Metrocentre]] pedestrian mall.
+'''McLellan's''' was a grocery and variety store at 600-606 Main Street in downtown Little Rock. The store opened in November 1949 with 225 regular employees and closed on December 24, 1975. [[AG Stores]] operated a grocery in the basement of the building. It also closed in 1975, the last grocery to survive in the downtown district. The last McLellan's store manager was [[James H. Coley]], who noted that the store closed because the building had become decrepit and because of the high cost of assessments supporting the planned [[Metrocentre]] pedestrian mall.
 The store was originally located at 604 Main Street where it opened shortly after the end of World War II. McLellan's was a chain owned by McCrory Corporation of York, Pennsylvania. The company also owned [[McCrory's]] in [[McCain Mall]].
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 *William Green, "McLellan's Closes, Marks End of Era for Store on Main," ''Arkansas Gazette,'' December 25, 1975.
 *"Main Street Fixture to Close Doors," ''Arkansas Gazette,'' December 3, 1975.
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