The Jones Store Company was an American chain of department stores located in the Kansas City area formerly operated by Mercantile Stores Company and the St. Louis, Missouri-based May Co.
History
The Jones Store Company was founded in 1887 as an 800 ft2 store in Stafford, Kansas, by J. Logan Jones.
In 1895, Jones opened a store at 6th and Main in the River Market neighborhood of Kansas City, Missouri. In 1902 Jones leased a 500000 sqft seven-story building that took up an entire block at 12th Street and Main across the street from Bernheimer Bros. & Co.
Jones declared bankruptcy in 1910 and the store was taken over by New York interests.
In 1919, the new owners acquired the merchandise from Bernheimer Brothers.[1][2]
The downtown flagship store remained in business until January 1998 even as other large retailers had left downtown. The building was demolished in 2005.
The Jones Store became a division of