Mounds Mall facts for kids
An entrance to Mounds Mall, one month before the mall's closure in 2018.
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| Location | Anderson, Indiana, United States |
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| Opening date | 1964 (Montgomery Ward and Wasson's) 1965 (Entire Mall Complex) |
| Closing date | April 1, 2018 |
| Developer | Melvin Simon & Associates |
| No. of stores and services | approx. 30 |
| No. of anchor tenants | 4 |
| Total retail floor area | 300,000 sq ft (28,000 m2) |
| No. of floors | 1 |
Mounds Mall was an indoor shopping mall located in Anderson, Indiana, United States. It opened in parts between 1964 and 1965. This mall was special because it was the very first indoor mall built by a company called Simon Property Group. The main stores when it first opened were H. P. Wasson and Company, Montgomery Ward, and J. C. Penney. Over the years, some of these big stores changed names or were replaced. After a time when fewer people visited, Mounds Mall closed its doors for good in April 2018.
About Mounds Mall
Mounds Mall was built by Melvin Simon & Associates, which is now known as Simon Property Group. It officially opened in April 1965. However, two of its main stores, Montgomery Ward and H. P. Wasson and Company, had already opened the November before. This mall was the second indoor mall to open in Indiana. The first was Washington Square in Evansville, which opened in October 1963.
Early Stores and Shops
When Mounds Mall first opened, it had many different shops. Some of the first stores included Zales, Kroger, Woolworth, and Jo-Ann Fabrics. These stores offered a variety of products, from jewelry to groceries and craft supplies.
Changes Over Time
Over the years, the big main stores at Mounds Mall changed.
- In 1983, the Montgomery Ward store closed down. It was then replaced by Sears.
- The H. P. Wasson and Company store also changed names several times. It became Meis, then Elder-Beerman, and finally Carson's in 2011.
The Mall's Closure
In 2012, the Sears store at Mounds Mall closed. This happened because the store did not sell enough items during the 2011 holiday season. Later, on January 31, 2018, a company called The Bon-Ton announced that Carson's would be closing. This was part of a bigger plan to close many stores across the country. Carson's closed its doors in April 2018. Soon after, it was announced that the entire Mounds Mall would close too, right after Carson's. The mall officially closed on April 1, 2018.
