Castner Knott

Castner Knott was a Nashville, Tennessee-based regional department store chain with locations in Alabama, Kentucky and Tennessee The chain was in business for a century from 1898 to 1998, in its later years as a division of Mercantile Stores Company.

Castner Knott's historic flagship on Nashville's Church Street closed 1996, while the remaining stores were among those sold to Little Rock, Arkansas-based Dillard's when it acquired Mercantile in 1998. The five high volume mall stores in Nashville, where Dillard's already had locations, were sold to Proffitt's, which resold them to Hecht's in 2001. In 2006, the stores were converted to Macy's.

Former locations

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Alabama

*Decatur - River Oaks Mall (now Decatur Mall) - became Dillard's Ladies/Kids Fashions 1998; Home Store became Dillard's Home Store 1998, Home Store closed 2007
*Florence - Regency Square Mall - became Dillard's 1998
*Huntsville - Madison Square - became Dillard's 1998

Kentucky

*Bowling Green:*Greenwood Mall - opened 1979, became Dillard's 1998, replacing existing Dillard's in mall:*Greenwood Mall area home store - closed 1998

Tennessee

* Antioch - Hickory Hollow Mall - opened 1978, became Proffitt's 1998, Hecht's 2001, Macy's 2006
* Franklin:* CoolSprings Galleria - opened 1991, became Proffitt's 1998, Hecht's 2001, Macy's 2006:* CoolSprings Galleria area home store - closed 1998
* Goodlettsville - RiverGate Mall - opened 1971, became Proffitt's 1998, Hecht's 2001, Macy's 2006
* Murfreesboro - Stones River Mall - opened 1992 as Wal-Mart, became Castner Knott 1996, Dillard's 1998, demolished 2007 and replaced by new Dillard's store
* Nashville:* 618 Church St. - flagship store, closed 1996:* Bellevue Center - opened 1990, became Proffitt's 1998, Hecht's 2001, Macy's 2006:* Donelson Plaza - became Dillard's 1998, closed 2002:* Harding Mall - became Dillard's 1998, closed 2005, demolished 2006 for Wal-Mart Supercenter:* The Mall at Green Hills - became Proffitt's 1998, Hecht's 2001, demolished and replaced 2004
* Tullahoma - Northgate Mall - became Dillard's 1998

External links

* [http://www.castner-knott.com/ Castner Knott] reunion website, with details on history from former employees and vendors