The Downtown five and dime

The Downtown five and dime

On Valentines On Valentines Day 1992, one of Corpus Christis oldest downtown retailers was closing its doors for the last time.. S.H. Kress had been in business in the city since December 16, 1916. The 5-10 and 25 Cent Store had operated for almost 76 years, and all of those years from the same store location on Chaparral Street near Starr. The building at 619 Chaparral was designed by Seymour Burrell and constructed for Mr. C. E. Coleman, the c…