Saturday, July 3, 2021

Discount Department Stores - Baltimore, MD Area

AMES (remaining stores closed 2002)

14 - Aberdeen, 2021 Pulaski Hwy. (opened 69, closed 97; demolished)
21 - Edgewood, 1900 Pulaski Hwy. (opened early 70s, closed 97)
22 - Reisterstown, 11945 Reisterstown Rd. (opened early 70s)
220 - Odenton, Odenton S.C., 1155 Annapolis Rd. (Kings acquired 84, closed 93)
221 - Bel Air, Campus Hills S.C., 2414 Churchville Rd. (Kings acquired 84)
239 - Essex, 1500 Country Ridge Rd. (Kings acquired 84)
364 - Hampstead, North Carroll Plaza, 2320 Hanover Pike (opened 80s, closed approx. 93)
416 - Baltimore, 8400 Eastern Blvd. (opened late 80s)
510 - Middle River, 1330 Martin Blvd. (Murphy Mart acquired 85; demolished for Target)
511 - Dundalk, 7875 Eastpoint Mall (Murphy Mart acquired 85)
515 - Baltimore, 3450 Annapolis Rd. (Murphy Mart acquired 85)
517 - Annapolis, 260 Old Solomons Island Rd. (Murphy Mart acquired 85; closed 92)
518 - Lutherville, 2145 York Rd. (Murphy Mart acquired 85; demolished for Giant)
521 - Randallstown, 8514 Liberty Plaza (Murphy Mart acquired 85)
522 - Pasadena, 8111 Ritchie Hwy. (Murphy Mart acquired 85)
2244 - Baltimore, 2501 Belair Rd. (Zayre acquired 89)
2245 - Baltimore, Reisterstown Road Plaza, 6790 Reisterstown Rd. (Zayre acquired 89, closed 92)
2247 - Catonsville, 5445 Baltimore National Pike (Zayre acquired 89, closed 92)
2583 - Glen Burnie, 7 Mountain Rd. (Zayre acquired 89, closed 90)
Glen Burnie, Governors Plaza, 6631 Ritchie Hwy. (Murphy Mart acquired 85, closed 92)
Glen Burnie, 7990 Crain Hwy. (Murphy Mart acquired 85, closed 90)
Parkville, Perring Plaza, 1955 E. Joppa Rd. (Murphy Mart acquired 85, closed 90)
Perry Hall, 4375 Ebenezer Rd. (Murphy Mart acquired 85)

BRADLEES (sold to Kmart & Hechinger in 1989)

Baltimore, 7930 Eastern Blvd. (opened 83 in former GEM; not sure when closed)
Catonsville, 6501 Baltimore National Pike (opened 11/83 in former GEM; sold to Hechinger)
Columbia, 6405 Dobbin Rd. (opened 8/83; sold to Kmart)
Dundalk, 1400 Merritt Blvd. (opened 11/83 in former Two Guys; sold to Hechinger)
Glen Burnie, 6716 Ritchie Hwy. (opened 11/84, closed 87)
Randallstown, 8730 Liberty Plaza (opened 2/87; sold to Hechinger; demolished for Walmart)

CALDOR (remaining stores closed 1999)

Baltimore, Golden Ring Mall (opened 6/83 in former Stewart's; demolished)
Baltimore, Reisterstown Road Plaza, 6700 Reisterstown Rd. (opened 8/83 in former Stewart's)
Baltimore, Anneslie S.C., 6400 York Rd. (opened 8/84 in former Stewart's)
Catonsville, Westview Mall, 5748 Baltimore National Pike (opened 11/84 in former Stewart's; relocated 94; demolished for Lowe's)
Catonsville, 5425 Baltimore National Pike (second location in former Zayre)
Ellicott City, Chatham Mall, 9190 Baltimore National Pike (opened 11/84; demolished for Home Depot)
Glen Burnie, Cromwell Field S.C., 7387 Baltimore-Annapolis Pike (opened 7/86)
Parkville, 2501 Cleanleigh Dr. (opened 5/94)
Severna Park, Severna Park Mall (opened 6/83 in former Woolco; closed 89, then reopened 91)
Timonium, Timonium Mall, 50 W. Ridgely Rd. (opened 83 in former Stewart's)
Westminster, Town Mall, 400 N. Center St. (opened 87)

GEM (acquired by Bradlees in 1983)

Catonsville, 6501 Baltimore National Pike
Dundalk, 7930 Eastern Blvd. (closed by late 70s)

GRANT CITY (remaining stores closed early 1976) 

Ellicott City, Chatham Mall, 9200 Baltimore National Pike (closed 75)
Odenton, Odenton S.C., 1155 Annapolis Rd.
Severna Park, Severna Park Mall

JAMESWAY (remaining stores closed late 1995)

Aberdeen, 100 Aberdeen Thruway (opened approx. 85)
Abingdon, Constant Friendship S.C., 3430 Emmorton Rd. (opened 89, closed 94)
Eldersburg, Carrolltowne Mall (opened 87, closed 90; demolished)
Elkton, Village @ Elkton, 801 E. Pulaski Hwy. (closed 92)
Hanover, Ridgeview Plaza, 2659 Annapolis Rd. (opened mid 80s)
Pasadena, 4211 Postal Rd.

KINGS (acquired by Ames in 1984)

Bel Air, Campus Hills S.C., 2414 Churchville Rd. (Mammoth Mart acquired 78)
Essex, 1500 Country Ridge Rd. (Mammoth Mart acquired 78)
Odenton, Odenton S.C., 1155 Annapolis Rd. (Mammoth Mart acquired 78)

KMART 

3146 - Baltimore, 222 North Point Plaza (opened 74, closed 17)
3160 - Crofton, 1647 Crofton Center (opened 75, closed 18)
3167 - Baltimore, 5760 Wabash Ave. (opened 75, closed 14)
3229 - Baltimore, 5100 Sinclair Lane (opened 76, closed 14)
3256 - Parkville, North Plaza Mall, 8980 Waltham Woods Rd. (opened 76, closed 19)
3277 - Pasadena, Jumpers Mall, 8036 Ritchie Hwy. (opened 75 in former Mammoth Mart, closed 17)
3332 - Ellicott City, Chatham Mall, 9200 Baltimore National Pike (opened 77 in former Grant City, converted to Sears Essentials from 05-10, closed 12)
3509 - Randallstown, 8725 Liberty Rd. (opened 80, closed 02)
3517 - Nottingham, 7923 Belair Rd. (opened 80, closed 11/15)
3711 - Glen Burnie, 6716 Ritchie Hwy. (opened 88 in former Bradlees, closed 10)
3794 - Columbia, 6405 Dobbin Rd. (opened 10/89 in former Bradlees, closed 02)
7078 - Bel Air, 615 Baltimore Pike (opened 80, closed 99)
7182 - Eldersburg, 6400 Ridge Rd. (opened 11/78, closed 12; demolished)
7316 - Annapolis, Parole Plaza (opened 79 in former Britt's Department Store, closed 95; demolished)
7334 - Joppa, Joppatowne S.C., 1000 Joppa Farm Rd. (opened 3/93, closed 03)
7363 - Westminster, 402 Englar Rd. (opened 11/86, closed 03)
7507 - Aberdeen, 979 Beards Hill Rd. (opened 10/86, closed 02; demolished)
7713 - Edgewater, 3255 Solomons Island Rd. (opened 95, closed 8/20)
9446 - Catonsville, 5425 Baltimore National Pike (opened 00 in former Caldor, closed 03)
9524 - Elkton, 161 Big Elk Mall (opened 78, closed 17)

KORVETTE'S (stores closed by 1980)

Baltimore, Northern & Loch Raven Blvd.
Bel Air, Harford Mall (opened 73)
Catonsville
, 5425 Baltimore National Pike
Glen Burnie, Governors Plaza, 6619 Ritchie Hwy.
Parkville
, Perring Plaza, 1955 E. Joppa Rd. (opened 63)

MAMMOTH MART (acquired by Kings in 1978)

Bel Air, Campus Hills S.C., 2414 Churchville Rd. (opened 70)
Essex, 1500 Country Ridge Rd. (opened 72)
Odenton, Odenton S.C., 1155 Annapolis Rd. (opened 9/76 in former Grant City)

MURPHY MART (acquired by Ames in 1985)

Annapolis, 260 Old Solomons Island Rd. (opened 75)
Baltimore, 3450 Annapolis Rd. (opened 10/83)
Dundalk, 7875 Eastpoint Mall (opened 5/78)
Glen Burnie, Governors Plaza, 6631 Ritchie Hwy. (opened 83 in former Korvette's)
Glen Burnie, 7990 Crain Hwy. (opened 84)
Lutherville, 2145 York Rd. (demolished for Giant)
Middle River, 1330 Martin Blvd. (demolished for Target)
Owings Mills, Cherry Valley S.C., 11610 Reisterstown Rd. (opened 10/82)
Parkville, Perring Plaza, 1955 E. Joppa Rd. (opened 83 in former Korvette's)
Pasadena, 8111 Ritchie Hwy. (opened by 75)
Perry Hall, 4375 Ebenezer Rd.
Randallstown, 8514 Liberty Rd. (opened 73)

STEWART'S  (acquired by Caldor in 1983)

Baltimore, 201 N. Howard St. (opened 1901, closed 78)
Baltimore, Anneslie S.C., 6400 York Rd. (opened 55)
Baltimore, Reisterstown Road Plaza, 6700 Reisterstown Rd. (opened 62)
Baltimore, Westview Mall, 5748 Baltimore National Pike (opened 69; demolished for Lowe's)
Baltimore, Golden Ring Mall (opened 74; demolished)
Timonium, Timonium Mall, 50 W. Ridgely Rd. (opened 71)

TARGET

1000 - Westminster, 200 Malcolm Dr. (opened 96)
1001 - Nottingham, 5230 Campbell Blvd. (opened 96)
1002 - Bel Air, 580 Marketplace Dr. (opened 96)
1003 - Glen Burnie, 7951 Nolpark Court (opened 96)
1042 - Ellicott City, 4390 Montgomery Rd. (opened 96)
1043 - Aberdeen, 1025 Middleton Rd. (opened 96)
1044 - Columbia, 6111 Dobbin Rd. (opened 96)
1045 - Owings Mills, 11200 Reisterstown Rd. (opened 96)
1142 - Towson, Towson Marketplace, 1238 Putty Hill Rd. (opened 98)
1265 - Cockeysville, 9901 York Rd. (opened 00)
1541 - Pikesville, 1737 Reisterstown Rd. (opened 03)
1871 - Abingdon, 403 Constant Friendship Rd. (opened 04)
1938 - Glen Burnie, 6717 Ritchie Hwy. (opened 04)
1970 - Middle River, 1330 Martin Blvd. (opened 05 on site of former Murphy Mart/ Ames)
2271 - Annapolis, 1911 Towne Center (opened 08)
2393 - Baltimore, Mondawmin Mall, 3201 Tioga Pkwy. (opened 08, closed 18)
2845 - Baltimore, Canton Crossing, 3559 Boston St. (opened 13)

TWO GUYS (remaining stores closed by 1982)

Baltimore, 2401 Belair Rd. (opened 63)
Dundalk, 1400 Merritt Blvd.
Glen Burnie, 7311 Ritchie Hwy. (opened 61)
Towson, 803 Goucher Blvd. (opened 68)

WALMART 

1875 - Severn, 403 George Claus Dr. (opened 92)
1968 - Aberdeen, 645 S. Philadelphia Rd.
2009 - Abingdon, 401 Constant Friendship Rd.
2045 - Nottingham, 8118 Perry Hills Rd.
2248 - Catonsville 6205 Baltimore National Pike (opened 3/95 in former Montgomery Ward)
2279 - Glen Burnie, 7900 Crain Hwy. (opened in former Ames; relocated)
2279 - Glen Burnie, 6721 Chesapeake Center (second location)
2290 - Owings Mills, 9750 Reisterstown Rd. (closed 6/21)
2412 - Ellicott City, 3200 N. Ridge Rd. (opened 97)
2435 - Dundalk, 2435 North Point Blvd.
2577 - Cockeysville, Hunt Valley Mall, 110 Shawan Blvd. (opened on site of former mall; relocated 07; demolished for Wegmans)
2577 - Cockeysville, 1 Frankel Rd. (second location)
3481 - Middle River, 112 Carroll Island Rd. (opened 03)
3489 - Baltimore, Golden Ring Mall, 6420 Petrie Way (opened on site of former mall)
3490 - Hanover, 7081 Arundel Mills Blvd.
3507 - Baltimore, 2701 Port Covington Rd. (opened 02, closed 16)
3720 - Arbutus, 3601 Washington Blvd. (opened 07)
3780 - Fallston, 303 Fallston Rd. (opened 11)
3804 - Randallstown, 8730 Liberty Plaza (opened 12 on site of former Bradlees/ Hechinger)
5228 - Columbia, 6405 Dobbin Rd. (opened 04 in former Bradlees/ Kmart)
5344 - Towson, Towson Marketplace, 1238 Putty Hill Rd. (opened 05 in former Montgomery Ward)
5382 - Pasadena, 8107 Ritchie Hwy. (opened 11/15 on site of former Ames)

WOOLCO

Severna Park, Severna Park Mall (opened 77 in former Grant City; closed late 82)

ZAYRE (acquired by Ames in 1989)

244 - Baltimore, 2501 Belair Rd. (opened 87)
245
- Baltimore, Reisterstown Road Plaza, 6790 Reisterstown Rd. (opened 87 in former Hecht's)
247 - Catonsville, 5445 Baltimore National Pike (opened 88)
583 - Glen Burnie, 7 Mountain Rd. (opened 85)