O'Neil's
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O'Neil's was a regional department store based in Akron, Ohio.
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[edit] History
O'Neil's began in 1877, when Irishmen Michael O'Neil and Isaac Dyas opened a dry goods store at 114 E. Market Street. Upon the death of Dyas in 1892, the store became M. O'Neil Co. Acquired by May Department Stores for $1 million in 1912, it opened a new store in downtown Akron in 1927 that remained through the late 1980s [1]. It eventually came to operate stores throughout the Akron and Canton area. In 1989 its main store was closed, and its remaining locations merged with May Company Ohio. With the merge, the O'Neil's name was retired.
[edit] Former locations in Ohio
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- Akron - South Main Street & West State Street (opened 1927, closed 1989)
- Akron - Chapel Hill Mall (open 1967, became May Co. 1989, Kaufmann's 1993, Macy's 2006)
- Akron - Rolling Acres Mall (opened 1978, became May Co. 1989, Kaufmann's 1993, Macy's 2006)
- Akron - Summit Mall (opened 1965, became May Co. 1989, Kaufmann's 1993, Macy's 2006)
- The store at Summit Mall replaced the O'Neil's store located at Fairlawn Plaza on West Market Street. Part of the space vacated at Fairlawn Plaza became Fairlawn Cinema in November 1967 [2].
- Canton - 30th Street Plaza
- Canton - Mellet Mall (became Canton Centre) (opened 1968, became May Co. 1989, Kaufmann's 1993, Macy's 2006)
- Coshocton
- North Canton - Belden Village Mall (now Westfield Belden Village) (opened 1971, became May Co. 1989, Kaufmann's 1993, Macy's 2006)
- Ontario - Richland Mall (opened 1969, became May Co. 1989, Kaufmann's 1993, Macy's 2006)
- Stow - Stow-Kent Shopping Center (opened 1965, became May Co. 1989, Kaufmann's 1993, Macy's 2006)
- Cleveland - Severance Mall - NEVER HAD STORE IN SEVERANCE CENTER; the only greater Cleveland location was Sheffield in Lorain, Ohio, that became a May Company store in the late 1960's
[edit] References
- ^ Fernandez, Robert. "O'Neil's Got Its Start As a Young Man's Fancy; Love of Lace Led Irishman to Open Store." Akron Beacon Journal. 14 December, 1988: A10.
- ^ Geiger, Peter. "Theater in Fairlawn Plaza is Closed; Operator Faced Competition From New Multiscreens." Akron Beacon Journal. 17 December 1988: A11.
[edit] External links
- Old postcard of O'Neil's store in downtown Akron (hosted by the Center for Policy Studies at the University of Akron)
