Question: Kress building was built in 1934 by what chain of five and dime retail department stores, which operated from 1896 to 1981?

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Robert Campeau: Robert Joseph Antoine Campeau (August 3, 1923 June 12, 2017) was a Canadian financier and real estate developer, who engineered the largest retailing bankruptcy at the time in U.S. history.  Starting from a single house constructed in Ottawa, Canada, Campeau built a large land development corporation around the development of the suburb of Kanata.  Expansion in the U.S. led Campeau to diversify into the ownership of retail department stores to anchor commercial development projects.  The Campeau Corporation used leveraged buyouts to buy the department stores and went bankrupt when it could not maintain the debt payments.

Kress Building (Columbia, South Carolina): Kress Building is a historic commercial building located at Columbia, South Carolina.  It was built in 1934 by S. H. Kress & Co., and is a two-story, Art Deco style building faced with white terra cotta and colored terra cotta ornamentation.  It features rounded storefront windows and cornice that contains the word “Kress” and surmounted by a stepped parapet.

S.H. Kress &amp; Co. Building (Nogales, Arizona): S. H. Kress, & Co.  Building is a historic commercial building in Nogales, Arizona.  Built sometime between 1917 and 1930, the building's stylized "Kress" on its pedimented parapet identifies its original use as part of the S. H. Kress & Co. chain of "five and dime" retail department stores.

S. H. Kress &amp; Co.: S. H. Kress & Co. was the trading name of a chain of "five and dime" retail department stores in the United States, established by Samuel Henry Kress, which operated from 1896 to 1981.  In the first half of the 20th century, there were Kress stores with ornamented architecture on "Main Street" in hundreds of cities and towns.

Hearn Stage at The Kress Theatre: Hearn Stage at The Kress Theatre is a small, blackbox performance space located at the corner of Fourth and Johnston streets in downtown Alexandria, Louisiana in the historic Rapides Foundation Building.  The Kress Theatre gets its name from the building's former occupant, the Kress Five and Dime Store.  Two local theatre collectives, City Park Players and Spectral Sisters Productions, are currently based out of The Kress Theatre.

Kress Building (Columbia, Missouri): The Kress Building, also known as Kress Wholesale Company Store and Mehornay Furniture Store, is a historic commercial building located in downtown Columbia, Missouri.  It was built in 1910 for the S. H. Kress & Co., and remodeled in about 1946.  It is a tall two-story, brick building with an open storefront topped by horizontal metal banding, that consists of large plate glass windows.  The building has seen a variety of uses and is currently host two night clubs: Roxy's on the second story, and The Piano Bar on the Ground.

S. H. Kress Building (Albuquerque, New Mexico): The S. H. Kress Building is a historic commercial building in downtown Albuquerque, New Mexico.  Built in 1925 by the S. H. Kress & Co. department store chain, it is notable as a well-preserved early 20th century retail building.  It was added to the New Mexico State Register of Cultural Properties and the National Register of Historic Places in 1984.

L. S. Ayres: L. S. Ayres and Company was an Indianapolis, Indiana, department store founded in 1872 by Lyman S. Ayres.  Over the years its Indianapolis flagship store, which opened in 1905 and was later enlarged, became known for its women’s fashions, the Tea Room, holiday events and displays, and the basement budget store.  As urban populations shifted to the suburbs, Ayres established branch stores in new shopping centers in several Indiana cities.  Ayres also acquired retail subsidiaries in Springfield, Illinois; Fort Wayne, Indiana; and Louisville, Kentucky.  Ayr-Way, the Ayres discount store subsidiary, became one of the first discount store divisions launched by a traditional store.  By the end of the 1960s Ayres had become a diversified merchandising business with retail department stores, a chain of discount stores, specialty clothing stores, a home furnishings showroom, and a real estate holding company.  A long-time Ayres slogan, "That Ayres Look", promoted the company as a fashion leader and by 1972 it had become the oldest continuous retail slogan in the United States.

E. J. Korvette: E. J. Korvette, also known as Korvettes, was an American chain of discount department stores, founded in 1948 in New York City.  It was one of the first department stores to challenge the suggested retail price provisions of anti-discounting statutes.  Founded by World War II veteran Eugene Ferkauf and his friend, Joe Zwillenberg, E.J. Korvette did much to define the idea of a discount department store.  It displaced earlier five and dime retailers and preceded later discount stores, like Walmart, and warehouse clubs such as Costco.

S. H. Kress and Co. Building (Sarasota, Florida): The S. H. Kress and Co.  Building at 1442 Main Street in Sarasota, Florida, United States is a historic building.  It was part of the S. H. Kress & Co. "five and dime" department store chain.  On March 22, 1984, it was added to the U.S. National Register of Historic Places.

Supporting paragraphs: Kress Building (Columbia, South Carolina) S. H. Kress &amp; Co.
Answer: S. H. Kress & Co.