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The Dallas Catalog Merchandise Distribution Center opened in 1906 as the first Sears, Roebuck and Co. operation
outside of Chicago. Richard Sears wanted to open a company
operation in Texas because so many orders were coming from the
state. Sears issued a Sears, Roebuck and Co. Dallas, Texas
version of the catalog. At first the Dallas plant was just a
small office. All orders sent to the Dallas officer were
actually filled in Chicago. In 1908 Sears built a full-scale
catalog and merchandise distribution plant in Dallas, so orders
sent to the Dallas mail order office were shipped from there.
This plant was so successful that Sears opened Catalog
Merchandise Distribution Centers in Seattle, Philadelphia, and
Boston.
The Sears Dallas Catalog and Merchandise Distribution Center
building still stands today. It has been renovated into a
mixed-use office complex.
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Casa
View |
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"B" store on Gus Thomasson Road,
opened 1964. |
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Lamar |
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"A" and "B" store attached to the Dallas CMDC,
opened 1925, remodeled 1963, closed 1984
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Oak
Cliff |
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"A" store on W. Jefferson Ave., opened 1928,
remodeled 1961, relocated 1948 and 1975
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Red
Bird |
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"A" store on W. Camp Wisdom Road, opened 1948,
relocated 1975
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Ross |
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"A" store on Ross Ave., opened 1947, closed
1993
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Valley View |
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"A" store on Preston Road, opened, 1965,
remodeled 1973
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Webb’s
Chapel |
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"B" store on Webb’s Chapel Road,
opened 1973
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Westcliff Mall |
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On Hampton Road and Ledbetter Drive,
opened 1963 |
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Alta Vista |
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Store on Beach Street and Loop
820 |
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Ridgmar |
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"A" store on Green Oaks Road, opened
1977 |
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Seminary South |
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"A" store on Seminary South Road, opened
1962 |
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