Town & Country Village (Sacramento)
Town & Country Village in Arden-Arcade, California, was the first suburban, auto-oriented shopping center in Sacramento metropolitan area, and one of the first in the United States, opening in 1946 with 65 shops.[1][2]
Town and Country Village, which first opened in September 1946, was designed by John W. Davis, and built by contractor Jeré Strizek (1902-1979).[3] Original tenants included a beauty shop, ice cream bar, appliance stores, a five-and-ten cent store, rustic garden center, doctors' offices, hardware store, bottle shop, grocers, pharmacy, clothing stores, jewelry store, furniture store, post office, bank, photography studio, restaurants and bars, a shoe repair shop, and a movie theater.[4] The center never had a department store anchor nor was it ever enclosed.[5][6]
Currently it is the site of a power center anchored by Trader Joe's and big-box stores T. J. Maxx, Bed, Bath & Beyond, Sprouts Farmers Market, Five Below, and Mattress Firm.[7]
References
- ^ Burg, William (2008). Sacramento.
- ^ Burg, William. Sacramento's K Street: Where Our City Was Born.
- ^ "Town & Country Village history includes locations outside Sacramento". Valley Community Newspapers. June 13, 2015.
- ^ "Town & Country Village", Eichlerific (blog)
- ^ Avella, Stephen (2008). The Good Life: Sacramento Consumer Culture. p. 135, 141.
- ^ Kassis, Annette (2012). Weinstock's: Sacramento's Finest Department Store. p. Chapter V.
- ^ [Google Maps, accessed June 26, 2020]