The Jones Store Company was founded in 1887 as an 800-square-foot (74 m2) store in Stafford, Kansas, by J. Logan Jones.
In 1895, Jones opened a store at 6th and Main in the River Market neighborhood of Kansas City, Missouri. In 1902 Jones leased a 500,000-square-foot (46,000 m2) seven-story building that took up an entire block at 12th Street and Main across the street from Bernheimer Bros. & Co.
Jones declared bankruptcy in 1910 and the store was taken over by New York interests.
In 1919, the new owners acquired the merchandise from Bernheimer Brothers.[1][2]
The downtown flagship store remained in business until January 1998 even as other large retailers had left downtown. The building was demolished in 2005.
The Jones Store-Macy's transition logo
The Jones Store became a division of Mercantile Stores Company in the early 1960s. It was acquired by May Department Stores in 1998 after the Dillard's acquisition of Mercantile, and integrated into the company's Famous-Barr division. On August 30, 2005, it became part of Federated with that company's acquisition of May. On February 1, 2006, The Jones Store Co. was assumed by the new Macy's Midwest division of Federated.
