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Topic: Belk and Marting’s

Topic: Belk and Marting’s

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giacomo
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Belk and Marting’s

Posted: 2/5/2019 8:10:23 AM

My wife and I recently strolled the campus and uptown during the glorious warm weather this past Sunday. Does anyone have a link to some old photos of the department stores? My recollection is that Belk was on the corner of Washington and Court and Marting’s was a little farther down on Court St. Is that accurate?

SBH
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RE: Belk and Marting’s

Posted: 2/5/2019 8:58:45 AM

Belk was in the middle of a block, across from the current diner on Court Street.

Mark Lembright '85
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RE: Belk and Marting’s

Posted: 2/5/2019 9:24:14 AM

giacomo wrote:

My wife and I recently strolled the campus and uptown during the glorious warm weather this past Sunday.

That is a good day right there!

OhioCatFan
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RE: Belk and Marting’s

Posted: 2/5/2019 10:46:00 AM

Here are two photos of those buildings. One is Belk's. The other is Altman's,
which is the same building that Marting's later occupied.

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giacomo
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RE: Belk and Marting’s

Posted: 2/5/2019 11:06:29 AM

Awesome! Thank you for posting that photo. It's all coming back to me. The buildings on either side of the former Cat's Den are now gone. I read where lighting struck the Belk building and it burned down.

OhioCatFan
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RE: Belk and Marting’s

Posted: 2/5/2019 2:53:33 PM

You're welcome. Yes, there's a parking lot where those buildings used to be. That fire was a real shame. As a result, Belk decided not to rebuild. The Athens store was at the time the most northern store in their chain and it was not part of their target area.

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