Photos by Mike Kalasnik
kaz@deadanddyingretail.com
Description by Nicholas Eckhart
nicholas@deadanddyingretail.com
This is one of the Sears stores affected by the Early 2012 round of Sears Holdings closures. This store's closure is a big negative for the Signal Hill Mall since it means the loss of one of its three anchor stores (the other two are Belk and JCPenny). This store is 94,000 square foot and is located off of Interstate 77 at 1689 East Broad Street in
Statesville, North Carolina.
The store was originally opened as Woolworth's in 1973 as one of the anchors for the Signal Hill Mall. Woolworth's closed in 1992, before siting idly by until Hills moved in in 1995. Hills closed in 1996; just a year after it opened. This store was reopened as a Sears store in 1997 acording to this press release.
When this Sears opened it was one of the nicer Sears stores with a modern interior and remained nice until its closure. With only 43,000 people living within a 5 miles radius it is not a surprise this mall is not doing so well; Sears is not one of those stores people tend to go to every week or every month for that matter. I personally believe this store was closed since Sears Holdings operate a more-profitable Kmart across the street and did not want two stores across the street from each other.
Below are some photos taken by Mike Kalasnik of when this store was operating as normal, when it was closing, and now as it sits closed.
Normal Sears Operations pictures (October 2011)
Liquidation Sale Photos (February 2012)
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| Odd how the blue Sears signage looks white at night. |
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| A close-up of the entrance |
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| Another close-up of the entrance |
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| Notice how many items are left after this store's closing sale was already going on for a month. |
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| Appliances |
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| Furniture |
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| Boys clothing |
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| Misses clothing |
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| Misses clothing |
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| Jewery, Womens clothing, and the Entrance |
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| Mens clothing and Sporting goods |
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| Hardware and Sporting Goods |
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| The Sears Services section of the store |
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| Appliances |
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| Appliances |
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| Hardware |
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| Hardware |
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| Mens clothing |
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| The mall entrance |
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| An advertisement for this store's closed. Notice that the logo used is not the current Sears logo. |
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| Jewlery |
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| Misses clothing |
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| Womens clothing |
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| The walkway to the Optical center |
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| Furniture and Luggage |
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| Sporting goods and Hardware |
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| Hardware |
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| Appliances |
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| Furniture |
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| Clothing |
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| Womens clothing |
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| Womens clothing |
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| The store Entrance |
Liquidation Sale Photos (April 2012)
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| The faded Sears sign before its removal. |
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| The Sears style entryway |
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| More of the entryway |
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| This photo is from April before the store was closed |
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| The former Optical center |
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| Sears Optical hours |
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| Some more empty aisles |
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| Luggage and Boys clothing |
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| The mostly empty hardware area |
Closed Sears photos (April 28, 2012)
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| The Sears label-scar |
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| At the time this was taken they did not even remove the American Flag yet. |
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| The closed up main entrance. |
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| The all too clear Sears Label-scar |
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| A closed up exterior entrance |
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| The closed up mall entrance |
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| more of the closed up mall entrance |
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| A peak through the grate into the closed store |
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Another peak through the grate
RIP Sears in Statesville, North Carolina. |
Would of made a fantastic Kmart store .Beautiful Interior good shape.
ReplyDeleteThere is a Kmart across the street from here, but it would probably be better if they moved they moved here. I am sure it would stimulate the mall some and this seems newer.
ReplyDeleteI'm no expert on removing signs, but couldn't you just pressure wash the labelscar off of the store prior to closing?
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