List of Defunct Department Stores of The United States - Other Department Stores - Illinois

Illinois

• Ackemann's (Elgin), three-store chain; main store downtown Elgin, branch store downtown Woodstock, furniture gallery Crystal Lake. Chain closed downtown Woodstock store and then sold furniture exclusively until closing in the mid-1990s.
• Block & Kuhl (Peoria), acquired by parent company of Carson Pirie Scott, which was later acquired by P.A. Bergner & Co. (also established in Peoria, now Bergner's, a division of Bon-Ton Stores)
• Bressmer's (John Bressmer and Company) (Springfield), purchased by L. S. Ayres (Indianapolis) in 1958, downtown store closed in 1980
• Community Discount (greater Chicago)
• The Fair (Chicago and suburbs), acquired by Montgomery Ward in 1958
• Gately's People's Store
• Goldblatt's (Chicago), some stores acquired by Ames Department Stores Inc.
• K's Merchandise Mart (Decatur)
• Lewis's (Champaign)
• Linn & Scruggs (Decatur)
• Henry C. Lytton & Co. (Chicago, with branch in Gary, Indiana)
• Madigan's
• MainStreet Chicago, acquired by Kohl's in 1988
• Marshall Field's (Chicago), converted to Macy's September 2006 despite local protest
• Maurice L. Rothschild's
• Mayflower (Downtown Chicago), early 1920s to 1930s
• McDade's
• Montgomery Ward, mail order store. Founded in 1872, Montgomery Ward pioneered mail-order catalog retailing and opened its first retail store in 1926. A bankruptcy reorganization in 1999 failed to turn the chain around. Closed 2001. Still exists as a catalog/internet/mail order retailer.
• Morris' (Chicago)
• Myers Brothers (Springfield), relocated from downtown to White Oaks Mall in 1977, and acquired by Bergner's of Peoria the following year
• Robeson's (Champaign)
• Shopper's World (Chicago), acquired by Community Discount
• Joseph Spiess Company (Elgin), four locations, with former downtown Elgin retail store remaining as corporate office and warehouse. Closed all locations by 1996.
• Chas A. Stevens (Chicago)Purchased by Hartmarx Corp. before being closed.
• Thrun's Department Store (Chicago), converted to women's clothing only approximately 1973. Opening of Ford City Mall was the beginning of the end.
• Turn Style (Melrose Park), created by The Jewel Companies, Inc., sold to Venture Stores in 1978
• Venture Stores
• Charles V. Weise Company, also known simply as ''Weise's'', a Rockford-based department store. Acquired by P.A. Bergner & Co. in 1954, but remained an autonomous division until 1982 when all Chas. V. Weise and Bergner-Weise locations were renamed Bergner's.
• Wieboldt's (Chicago)