Kaufman-Straus

United States historic place


Kaufman-Straus Building
U.S. National Register of Historic Places


38°15′7″N 85°45′26″W / 38.25194°N 85.75722°W / 38.25194; -85.75722
Area	0.5 acres (0.20 ha)
Built	1902
Architect	Maury, Mason
Architectural style	Late 19th And Early 20th Century American Movements
NRHP reference No.	78001357^[1]
Added to NRHP	February 14, 1978

Kaufman-Straus was a local department store that operated in Louisville, Kentucky, from 1879 to 1969. In 1879, local retail clerk Henry Kaufman opened the first store on Jefferson between 7th and 8th. Four years later, Benjamin Straus entered into partnership with Kaufman. In 1887, the Kaufman-Straus store moved to South 4th Street in space leased from the Polytechnic Society of Kentucky. The new flagship store opened in 1903, at 533-49 South 4th Street, designed by local architect Mason Maury.^[2] In 1924, Kaufman-Straus was acquired by City Stores Company and the following year the flagship store underwent extensive renovations. City Stores rebranded the company as Kaufman's in 1960. It operated two stores in suburban Louisville at The Mall and Dixie Manor. In 1969, Kaufman's was acquired by L. S. Ayres, and the downtown Louisville store was subsequently closed in 1971.^[3]^[4]

The flagship store was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1983.^[1] It is a six-story building.^[5]

References

^ ^a ^b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
^ "Design Accepted for the New Polytechnic Library Building". Courier-Journal. 4 June 1901. p. 3. ProQuest 1015901380.
^ Department Store history website. Archived from the original on March 2, 2018. Retrieved August 29, 2008.
^ Kleber, John E. (2001). The Encyclopedia of Louisville. University of Kentucky Press. ISBN 978-0-8131-2100-0.^{[page needed]}
^ Tooba K. Latham (February 1976). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Kaufman-Straus / Ayr-Way Department Store". National Park Service. Retrieved March 1, 2018. With four photos from 1976.

Store conversions to Macy's and predecessors

2006

Famous-Barr The Jones Store L. S. Ayres	The Famous Clothing Store (1911) The William Barr Dry Goods Co. (1911) The Jones Store added to division in 1998 Kaufman-Straus (1969, to L.S. Ayres) Pogue's (1983, to L.S. Ayres) Stewart Dry Goods (1985, to L.S. Ayres) L.S. Ayres added to division in 1991
Filene's Kaufmann's	Steiger's (1994) G. Fox & Co. (1993) Kaufmann's added to division in 2002 Hess's (1995, to Kaufmann's) McCurdy's (1994, to Kaufmann's) May Company Ohio (1992, to Kaufmann's) Sibley's (1991, to Kaufmann's) Strouss (1986, to Kaufmann's)
Foley's	Maison Blanche (1998) May D&F (1993) Sanger–Harris (1987)
Hecht's Strawbridge's	Castner Knott (1998) Wanamaker's (1995) Woodward & Lothrop (1995) Hess's (1994) Thalhimers (1992) Miller & Rhoads (1990) Strawbridge's added to division in 1996
Marshall Field's	Dayton's (2001) Hudson's (2001)
Robinsons-May Meier & Frank	May Company California (1993) J. W. Robinson's (1993) Goldwater's (1989, to May Company California, J. W. Robinson's and May D&F) Meier & Frank added to division in 2002; Zion's Cooperative Mercantile Institution (2001, to Meier & Frank)

2005

Rich's Goldsmith's Lazarus	Horne's (1994, to Lazarus) Block's (1987, to Lazarus) Herpolsheimer's (1987, to Lazarus) Shillito-Rike's (1986, to Lazarus) Goldsmith's added to division in 1988 Lazarus added to division in 1995
Burdines	Maas Brothers (1991) Jordan Marsh Florida (1991)
The Bon Marché	C.C. Anderson's (1937) Missoula Mercantile (1978)

1996-2001

Bullock's (1996)
The Emporium (1996)
The Broadway (1996)
Jordan Marsh (1996)
Weinstock's (1996)
Liberty House (2001)
Stern's (2001)

1947-1995

See also: Allied Stores; Associated Dry Goods; The May Department Stores Company; Macy's, Inc.

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