Talk:Mall St. Vincent

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The Sears store history predates the rest of the mall by over a decade[edit]

The Sears store was built prior to 1962 on the back part of the old St. Vincent Academy grounds well before the mall was built. There is a photo on a history of St. Vincent Academy showing, in 1962, the Sears store and its parking lot, the old St. Vincent Academy that was torn down to build the mall, and the new St. Vincent Academy built on Fairfield Avenue and that still exists as a Catholic Diocese of Shreveport facility, all at the same time. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/60102532edc9c64f8423ab36/t/6039504fea8f204494908bf4/1614368848563/svahistory.pdf page 8. I actually remember seeing the old St. Vincent Academy on St. Vincent Avenue when we were going to the Sears store, shortly before the old Academy was torn down and a few years before the mall was built, it looked like a castle on the hill to tiny little me. But anyhow, the wall between the Sears store and the rest of the mall looks like an exterior wall because it *was* an exterior wall until the mall was attached to the side of the store.

I will try to find a source for when the Sears store was built, that information is not on that particular site, but the historical evidence is that it long predates the mall. Though it obviously doesn't postdate the mall, since the store is now closed. Once I find a source for the date of construction of the Sears store I will update the page. Badtux (talk) 01:33, 14 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]