Joseph Spiess

Infobox_Company
company_name = Joseph Spiess Company
company_
company_type = Specialty department store
foundation = 1921
location = Elgin, Illinois, United States
key_people = Joseph C. Spiess - founder
John Spiess - Chairman & CEO
Doug Smith - President and Son-in-law of John Spiess
industry = Retail
products = Clothing, footwear, bedding, furniture, jewelry, beauty products, and housewares.
homepage = None

Joseph Spiess Company was a chain of specialty department stores based in Elgin, Illinois, United States. The chain operated from 1921, declared bankruptcy in 1992, and closed its last stores in 1996.

Locations

*Crystal Lake - Crystal Point Mall ("opened 1976, closed 1996, Mall Renovated into strip mall in 1997/1998, now The Sports Authority;) [ [http://www.angelfire.com/retro/lisanostalgia/crystalpointmall.html Lisa's Web World-Crystal Point Mall ] ]
*Elgin
**Grove Avenue/Fountain Square Plaza - Main store ("opened 1921, closed 1984 when Spring Hill Mall store opened; store demolished and rebuilt as new retail in 2005") [http://www.elginhistory.com/eaah/eaah-ch10.htm Chapter X - Modern Elgin ] ] [ [http://www.accessmylibrary.com/coms2/summary_0286-11902908_ITM Old Spiess store falls so new Elgin can rise. | Chicago Tribune (Chicago, Illinois) (via Knight-Ridder/Tribune Business News) (December , 2005) ] ]
**Grove Avenue/Fountain Square Plaza - Men's store adjacent to Main Store, formerly S.S. Kresge ("opened 1970, closed 1984")
*Mt. Prospect - Randhurst Mall ("61,000 sq.ft.; opened 1988, closed 1992. late Wickes Furniture, converted to Old Navy and Circuit City in 1995. Former Circuit City is now Bed Bath & Beyond; Old Navy is now vacant")
*St. Charles - St. Charles Mall ("opened 1980, store and mall closed 1995; mall torn down in 2002. Anchors were torn down in 2003 and 2004.")
*West Dundee - Spring Hill Mall ("opened 1984; later Wickes Furniture, now Steve & Barry's")

References

External links

* [http://www2.flickr.com/photos/elgin/106150293/ Photo of former Joseph Spiess building in downtown Elgin on Flickr.com]