Montgomery Ward/Locations

These are the former locations of Montgomery Ward
==Former Locations==
===Alabama===
*Huntsville- Parkway Place Opened 1976 closed in 2001 with the rest of chain Demolished with mall
*Mobile- Springdale Mall Opened 1967 Closed in 1998 became Burlington
*Montgomery- Eastdale Mall Opened in 1977 and became Sears in 1983
===Arizona===
*Glendale Arrowhead Town center closed in 2001 with the rest of chain became Sears in 2002
*Glendale (Valley West Mall)
*Phoenix (Christown Spectrum Mall) closed in 2001 with rest of chain, still abandoned even though mall got demolished except for Wards but non leaseable.
*Phoenix (Maryvale Mall)
*Phoenix (Thomas Mall)
*Tucson (El Con Center) Closed in 2001 with the chain. and got demolished now a Target.
===Arkansas===
*Little Rock (University Mall) Closed in 2001 when it went out Demolished and now offices etc.
===California===
*Bakersfield (F Street)-3201 F St
*Canoga Park (Topanga)-6700 Topanga Canyon Blvd- Now a Target
*Chico (North Valley)- 801 East Ave- Demolished
*Citrus Heights (Birdcage Walk)-7840 Greenback Ln, Citrus Heights, CA 95610 -Closed in 2001 when it went out of business. Now a Lowe's Home Improvement
*Covina - 848 S Barranca Ave, Covina, CA 91723- Now an IKEA
*Daly City -133 Serramonte Center, Daly City, CA 94015- Now a Target
*Dublin - 6900 Amador Plaza Rd, Dublin, CA 94568 - Closed in 2001 when it went out of business. Now a Bulington Coat Factory
*Escondido- 350 W Valley Pkwy
*Eureka- 2525 4th St
*Fremont (Fremont Hub) - 39201 Fremont Blvd - Opened in 1962, Closed in 2001 when it went out of business. Now a Target.
*Fresno (N Blackstone) - 5740 N Blackstone Ave - Now a Target
*Fullerton - 200 W Orangethorpe Ave
*Hawthorne - 12000 Hawthorne Blvd
*Huntington Beach - 7562 Center Ave
*La Mesa (Grossmont Center) - 5500 Grossmont Center Dr - Opened in 1961 Closed in 2000 now a Walmart
*Lakewood (Lakewood Center) - 141 Lakewood Blvd
*Long Beach (Long Beach Plaza)- 151 E 5th St - Opened and closed unknown
*Los Angeles (Eagle Rock Plaza) - 2626 Colorado Blvd
*Los Angeles - 1833A La Cienega Blvd
*Marysville - 915 8th St
*Merced - 1111 W Olive Ave
*Mission Viejo (The Shoppes at Mission Viejo) - 100 The Shops Blvd
*Montclair (Montclair Plaza North)- 9052 Central Ave - Opened and Closed unknown - Demolished and now a Target
*Modesto (McHenry Ave) - 2001 McHenry Ave
*Napa
*National City (Plaza Bonita)
*Norwalk
*Oroville
*Panorama City
*Pico Rivera
*Pleasant Hill
*Rancho Cucamonga (Terra Vista Town Center) Opened unknown Closed with company in 2001 Now a Michaels Arts and Crafts
*Red Bluff
*Redding
*Richmond (Macdonald 80 shopping center) opened around in the 1950s closed in 2001 demolished
*Riverside (Riverside Plaza)
*Rosemead
*Sacramento (Country Club Centre) Opened in 1976 closed in 2001 when it went out of business Became a Walmart which later closed
*Sacramento (5601 Florin Road) Opened in 1973 closed in 2001 when it went out of business Now Burlington Coat Factory
*San Bernardino (Carousel Mall) Opened in 1972 closed in 2001 when it went out of business demolished
*San Diego (Westfield Mission Valley)
*San Jose (Westfield Oakridge) Opened in 1971 closed in 2001 when it went out of business Now Target
*San Jose (N Capitol)
*San Jose (Westgate center) Opened and closed unknown could have moved to the location above sense it was close to it
*San Leandro (Bay Fair Center)Opened in 1971 closed in 2001 when it went out of business now a target greatland
*San Mateo (Bridgepointe)
*Santa Ana (Bristol Marketplace)
*Santa Maria
*Stockton (Sherwood Mall) opened in 1979 closed in 2001 when it went out of business now Best Buy and Petco
*Sunnyvale (Sunnyvale Town Center)
*Torrance (Del Amo Fashion Center)
*Ventura
===Colorado===
*Greeley- Greeley Mall opened in 1973 closed unknown now a Cinemark Movie theater
*Littleton- Southwest Plaza Opened in 1983 closed in 2001 when it went out of business Became dillards then became a vacant Steve and berry's and a dicks sporting goods
*Pueblo- Pueblo Mall opened in 1976 closed in 2001 when it went out of business then became Sears
*Westminster- Westminster Mall opened in 1996 closed in 2001 when it went out of business only lasting less then 5 years Demolished
===Connecticut===
*Putnam - Opened and closed unknown, renamed to The Shops at Montgomery Ward and was subdivided. Most parts of it is still vacant, one is still open as Skeeter's Toybox.
===Florida===
*Lakeland - Lake Parker Mall
*Jacksonville - Normandy Mall
*Jacksonville - Regency Square Mall opened in 1997 former Ivey’s closed in 2001 when it went out only lasting less then 4 years now Kohl’s
*Port Charlotte- port Charlotte town center opened in 1991 closed in 2001 currently vacant since Bealls went out of business
*Port Richey- Gulf View Square opened in 1980 closed in 2001 now Dillard’s 
*Tampa- University Mall opened in 1992 closed in 2001 now a Burlington coat factory
===Georgia===
*Augusta - Regency Mall - Opened with the mall in 1978, closed with the rest of the chain in 2001. Abandoned until demolished in 2020.
===Illinois===
*Bloomingdale - Stratford Square Mall - Opened 1981, closed 2001 - Later Burlington Coat Factory on 1st floor, currently vacant & slated for demolition
*Carbondale - University Mall - Unknown close date, now subdivided
*Chicago Ridge - Chicago Ridge Mall - Opened 1993, closed 2001 - (Former Madigan's) Later Bed Bath & Beyond, currently Aldi & Burlington Coat Factory
*Crystal Lake - 105 Northwest Hwy - Opened 1976, closed 2001 - Later Sears, then demolished, currently Mariano's
*Deerfield - Deerbrook Mall - Unknown open or close date
*Harvey - Dixie Square Mall - Opened 1964, Closed 1978, abandoned for 28 years before demolished in 2006
*Joliet - Jefferson Square Mall - Opened 1975, Closed 1999. Demolished
*La Grange - 36 La Grange Rd - Built and opened 1919, unknown close date. Logo at time location built still on building stonework. Currently subdivided.
*Lombard - Yorktown Center - Closed 2001, building demolished 2003, now open air shops
*Matteson - Lincoln Mall - Closed 1999, now demolished
*Moline - SouthPark Mall - Opened 1974, closed 2001 - Currently Dillard's Clearance Center
*Mount Prospect - Randhurst Mall - Opened 1962, closed 2001 - Opened as The Fair, rebranded to Montgomery Ward in 1963, rebranded to Wards in 2000 - Later demolished, currently Costco
*Niles - Village Crossing - Closed 2001 - Currently Dick's Sporting Goods
*Normal - College Hills Mall - Opened 1980, closed 1997 - Later Hobby Lobby, now Crunch Fitness
*North Riverside - North Riverside Park Mall Closed 2001, became Sears
*Orland Park - Orland Park Place - Closed 2001, now Dick's Sporting Goods
*Ottawa - Unknown location.
*Peoria - 230 SW Adams St - Unknown open or close date, currently subdivided
*Peoria - Northwoods Mall - Closed 2001, became Sears
*Peru - Peru Mall - Closed in 2001, became Sears, now abandoned
*Rockford - 200 block of North Church St - Opened 1929, closed 1969 - Moved
*Rockford - 5880 E State St - Opened 1969, closed 1984 - Currently strip mall
*Springfield - White Oaks Mall - Opened 1977, closed 2001) - Currently Dick's Sporting Goods, LA Fitness, & Michaels
*Waukegan - Belvidere Mall - Opened 1965, closed 1988 - Moved to Lakehurst Mall - Later Builder's Square, currently Home Depot
*Waukegan - Lakehurst Mall - (Former Wiebolt's) Opened 1988, closed 1998 - Now demolished
===Indiana===
*Anderson - Mounds Mall opened in November 1964 closed in 1983 to become Sears,
*Elkhart - Concord Mall opened in 1972 with mall Closed in 2001 when they went out of business subdivided between ABC Warehouse and Hobby lobby,
*Gary - The Village Shopping Center opened in 1958 possibly closed in 1984 and became Goldblatt’s in 1985 then Ames then divided,
*Indianapolis - Castleton square Mall opened in October 1990 closed in October 1997 became Von Maur in 1998,
*Indianapolis - Lafayette square mall opened in 1987 originally Lazarus closed in 2001 when it went out of business became Burlington coat factory,
*Lafayette - Tippecanoe Mall opened in 1973 closed in April 1983 became Kohl's in 1985,
*Merrillville - Century Mall opened in 1977 with mall closed 2001 when they went out of business Demolished,
===Iowa===
*Davenport - NorthPark Mall - Opened 1973, closed 2001 - Currently Dillard's
*Des Moines - Merle Hay Mall opened in 1972 when it moved from the location below closed 1999 during bankruptcy then became Famous-Barr
*Des Moines - Downtown Opened unknown closed in 1972 when it moved to Merle Hay Mall
*Des Moines - South Ridge Mall opened in 1978 closed in 1999 bankruptcy
*Dubuque - Downtown opened unknown closed in 1969 when it moved to Kennedy Mall.
*Dubuque - Kennedy Mall opened in 1969 closed in 1983 to become a J.C. Penney.
===Kansas===
*Kansas City- Indian Springs Mall Opened in 1971 closed in 2001 when it went out of business got demolished with mall
*Lavenworth- Lavenworth Plaza opened in 1967 closed in 1987 to become Sears,
*Overland Park- Oak Park Mall Opened in 1974 with mall closed 2001 when it went out of business and became The Jones store in 2002
*Topeka- West Ridge Mall Opened in 1990 closed in 2001 when it went out became Burlington coat factory in 2007 after being abandoned for 6 years
*Wichita- Towne West Square Opened in 1980 closed unknown now a Dillard's
===Kentucky===
*Lexington- Turfland Mall opened in 1967 Closed 2000
===Louisiana===
*Lake Charles- Prien Lake Mall (Opened in 1972 and Closed in 2001 after bankruptcy)
===Maryland===
*Annapolis- Westfield Annapolis Opened in 1970 closed in 2001 when it went out then became Sears currently vacant
*Bel Air- Harford Mall opened in 1973 closed unknown
*Frederick- Frederick Town mall opened in 1972 closed in 2001 when Montgomery wards went out demolished for Home Depot
*Glen Burnie - Glen Burnie Mall closed in 2001 when it went out became Target
*Hagerstown- Valley Mall opened in 1972 closed unknown
*Hillcrest Heights- The Shops at iverson Opened in 1967 closed unknown
*Land over Hills- Capital Plaza Mall closed 1999 because of bankruptcy demolished to become Walmart
*Laurel- Laurel Mall opened April 16th 1969 closed in 2001 when it went out demolished
*Salisbury- The Centre at Salisbury opened in 1990 closed 2001 when it went out of business now regional cinemas movie theater
*Towson- Towson place opened in 1962 closed In 2001 when it went out now a Walmart
*Waldorf- Saint.Charles Towne Center opened in 1990 closed unknown now Macy’s and dicks sporting goods
*Westminster- TownMall of Westminster opened in 1987 closed in 2001 and became Boscovs only former Montgomery wards as of now I’m pretty sure that is now Boscov’s
*Wheaton - Westfield Wheaton closed in 2001 when it went out became a target like the Glen Burnie location
*Woodlawn- Security Square Mall Opened in 1989 former Hutzler’s closed in 2001 when it went out now a Modell’s sporting goods
===Michigan===
*Southfield - Northland Center closed in 1998
*Southfield - Tel-Twelve Mall opened in 1968 closed in 2001 now a vacant pier 1 imports and a Michael’s
===Minnesota===
*Blaine- Northtown Mall opened in 1972 closed in 2001 now homedepot beside mall
*Bloomington- Southtown center opened in 1960 closed in 1998 largest Montgomery wards in America 188,050 square feet became Herberger’s now vacant
*Duluth- Miller Hill Mall opened unknown closed in 2001 now old navy, DSW Shoe Warehouse and Barnes & Noble
*Minneapolis- Minneapolis City Center Opened in 1993 former Carson’s pirie Scott closed in 1997 Now office Max
*Robbinsdale- Opened August 25th, 1966. Closed late 1997/early 1998. Now North Memorial Health Specialty Center.
*Roseville- Rosedale Center opened in 1970s closed unknown
*Saint Louis. Park- Shoppes at Knollwood opened in 1980 closed in 1998 now a cub foods not attached to Mall
===Missouri===
*Columbia - Biscayne Mall
*Joplin- NorthPark Mall opened in 1972 closed in 2001 was vacant until mid 2007 became Steve and berrys and tj maxxs
*Kansas City - Blue Ridge Mall opened in 1958 along with the rest of the complex. The building was expanded to 171,000 square feet during a mall expansion project beginning in 1968. The location closed in 2001 due to the Wards bankruptcy and stood vacant until 2005, when the mall was demolished and replaced by the Blue Ridge Crossing shopping center.
*Kansas City - Metro North Mall
*Saint. Joseph- East hills Mall opened in 1965 closed in 2001 when it went out of business became Gordmans in 2011 after being vacant for 10 years now vacant again
*Springfield- Battlefield Mall opened in 1963 closed in 2001 now dillards
===Montana===
*Billings- Rimrock Mall opened in 1976 closed unknown
*Great Falls- Holiday Village Mall opened in 1966 closed in 1999 bankruptcy currently vacant Herberger’s and Osco drug
===Nebraska===
*Lincoln- Gateway Mall opened in 1960 closed in 2001 became Steve and berrys currently vacant
*Omaha- Westroads Mall opened in 1968 closed in 1998 became The Jones Store
===New Hampshire===
*Nashua - Nashua Mall
===North Carolina===
*Asheville - 3 S Tunnel Road - Asheville Mall - Originally The Bon Marche, later Meyers-Arnold, then Uptons, (Opened in 1994) - Closed in 2000. Currently Dillard's Men's, Children's and Home.
*Durham - South Square Mall - (Opened in 1975) - Closed in 1985. Later Ivey's, then Dillard's before closing in 2002. Demolished with entire mall for the new South Square, an outdoor shopping center.
*Greensboro - Carolina Circle Mall - (Opened in August 1976) - Closed in 2002. Demolished with the entire mall. Site is currently Walmart.
*Rocky Mount - Tarrytown Mall
===Ohio===
*Akron - Rolling Acres Mall closed in 1986 when it converted into Higbees
*Niles- Eastwood Mall Opened 1969 with mall closed 1984 and became golds gym
*Saintclairsville - Ohio valley mall opened with mall in October 1978 then closed in April 1983 to become Kmart which is soon going to be a hotel in 2021 and a Dunham’s sports that’s now opened one of the shortest living locations lasting less then 5 years only lasting 4 1/2 years.
===Pennsylvania===
*Lower Burrell- 100 Burrell plaza/leechburg road closed in 2001 now uhaul
*West Mifflin - Century III Mall opened with mall in 1980 closed in 1986 then became hornes, Lazarus, Kaufman’s then Macy’s, place is vacant now sense Macy’s closed in 2016.
*Meadville- Meadville Mall 16881 Conneaut Lake Road, Opened in October of 1976, one of Ward's better performing stores because of its smaller size and being a major shopping destination for the small town of meadville and ease of access from only 5 year old interstate 79 and only a short drive from Erie,Pa, Pittsburgh,Pa and interstate 80. Store withstood the many Ward's store closures in 1999 and closed completely in 2001 when the entire chain went bankrupt and liquidated, Sears originally planned to move in a year later but wanted to expand the smaller former wards location and couldn not expand outward due to a pennsylvania bill that passed in 1987 a decade after Ward's and the mall were built that protected wetland areas behind and around Wards and the mall, Sears then planned to add two extra stories to the smaller single storie former wards location to make it a three storie Sears store two shopping floors and a top floor for operations, but again the local Vernon township zoning board with conservative staff denied the permits due to height regulations which would "disturb" the counties largest cemetery next to the former Ward's and mall and also after evaluation it was determined that the former Ward's single storie location would not have the correct structural support without extreme necessary additional supports added to support an additional "storie" let alone two, it was then deemed that Sears and the mall owner(s) would have the entire former Ward's location demolished and rebuilt correctly as it would be more cost "feasible" but again demolition permits were denied by conservative Vernon township officials due to disturbance of the wildlife and the wetland area around and behind the former Ward's store and mall. Several years later the Sears induction contract had expired and Sears pulled out then the former Ward's location was leased by Dad's dog food only 4 miles away Kerrtown and the large national animal/pet food supplier used the former Ward's location for product storage but by that time the rest of the mall was loosing tenant after tenant due to high rent prices and the mall falling into disrepair by this time only three tenants were left Kmart and two inside the mall Dollar General and Hallmark then several months later Hallmark moved to the Downtown Mall in Downtown Meadville and Dollar General had a new free standing location built half a mile away, the mall was locked up and fell into extreme disrepair with holes throughout the celing and this led to rats and other pests getting into the hundereds of pallets of animal food that Dad's Dog food was storing in the former Ward's location and this cost Dad's thousands and thousands of lost product and Dad's hired legal assistance to get out of there remaining several year lease at the former Ward's location with the mall's owners.
===Texas===
*Hurst - North East Mall (Opened in 1978, closed in February 2001); reconstructed into Rave (now CineMark) 18 and XD)
*Mesquite - Big Town Mall closed in 2001 when it went out of business now demolished and nothing is in its space.
*Pharr - El Centro Mall (Opened in 1972 - Closed in 2001) anchor space partitioned, and entire mall replaced in the early 2010s with a new shopping center
*Houston - Greenspoint Mall (Opened in 1978, Closed in 2000) Remained vacant until the anchor space was demolished in 2017
*Lewisville - near Vista Ridge Mall
===West Virginia===
*Bluefield- Mercer Mall Opened in 1980 with mall closed in 1987 then became hills/Ames/Carolina pottery/Steve and berrys/Roses,
*Morgantown-Mountaineer mall closed 1999 bankruptcy
===Wisconsin===
*Ashwaubenon- Bay Park square opened in 1972 and relocated from the Greenbay location closed in 2001 currently vacant
*Greenbay- Downtown opened unknown closed in 1972 relocated to Bay Park Square mall
===Virginia===
*Lynchburg- River Ridge Mall Originally a Miller & Rhoads like the Roanoke location and Montgomery wards opened in 1990 closed 1999 Bankruptcy
*Roanoke- Valley view Mall Orginally Miller & Rhoads before becoming Montgomery wards Unknown when it opened or closed but we only know it was originally a Miller & Rhoads
*Springfield- Springfield mall opened in 1973 unknown when it closed but it became a target
*Staunton- Staunton Mall it opened in 1968 closed in 2001 when it went out of business as well
*Virginia Beach- Lynnhaven Mall opened in 1981 with mall Closed 2001 when it went out of business became dicks sporting goods/Steve and berrys and Barnes & Noble,
*Winchester-2260 Valley ave Wards plaza closed 2001 currently still vacant after being closed for 20 years
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