H. C. Prange Co.

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Image of an average Prange's store, taken from a 1991 GMC dealers ad.
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Image of an average Prange's store, taken from a 1991 GMC dealers ad.
Original site of flagship store in downtown Sheboygan, Wisconsin, taken in 2006
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Original site of flagship store in downtown Sheboygan, Wisconsin, taken in 2006

H.C. Prange Co. was a regional department store chain begun by Henry Carl (H.C.)Prange in 1881. It had at its peak 25 stores in Wisconsin, Michigan, and Illinois. Prange's department store unit had 1991 sales of about $229 million. The division had 18 stores in Wisconsin, five in Michigan and two in Illinois, with a total of about 2.1 million square feet of selling space.

H.C. Prange's flagship store was in Sheboygan, Wisconsin, and still operates as a Younkers today (the building was reconstructed in 1984 after a water main break in 1982 forced demolition of the old flagship store). Their largest store was in Green Bay's Port Plaza Mall. The H.C. Prange Co. also operated a chain of discount stores known as Prange Way.

It was purchased by Younkers department store chain in 1992. Younkers, Inc. purchased H.C. Prange Co.'s 25-unit department store division for $67 million and it also assumed about $9 million in liabilities of the division.

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[edit] Wisconsin

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