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Carson Pirie Scott & Co. (also known as Carson's) is an American department store that was founded in 1854, which grew to over 50 locations, primarily in the Midwestern United States. It was sold to the holding company of Bon-Ton in 2006, but still operated under the Carson name.
As of January 2025, all physical Carson Pirie Scott stores have been closed. The chain’s parent company, Bon-Ton Stores, filed for bankruptcy in 2018, leading to the closure of all its department stores, including Carson’s.
Carson Pirie Scott & Company is a regional department store chain, operating 51 stores in Illinois, Indiana, Minnesota, and Wisconsin. The company is a combination of several smaller department store chains, all with long ties to midwestern cities.
The Carson Pirie Scott story began on August 26, 1827 in Errol, Scotland, with the birth of John Thomas Pirie. His parents were Allan Pirie, a joiner—or cabinetmaker—and the former Mary Hawkins, whose English family had come north to Errol from the village of Hovingham in Yorkshire.
In 1961, Carson Pirie Scott & Co. took over the Block & Kuhl chain. The 1973 debut of Northwoods Mall lured many retailers, even Carson. At the approach of Christmas ’75, Carson confirmed the worst-kept secret in town: The downtown location would soon be shuttered.
blogspot.com DownloadI miss the flag ship Carson Pirie Scott store on State Street. That location was the most upscale store of all Carson's. CPS & Co. should have never sold the landmark building and have kept it and maintained it to it's original elegance.
The Carson Pirie Scott store ranks as one of the most important structures in early modern architecture. An example of 19th-century modular construction, it also clearly expresses the period's philosophy about an ornamental architecture. Designated a Chicago Landmark on November 5, 1970, by the City Council of Chicago. Richard J. Daley, Mayor
The two young merchants and young Scott got together eventually, and old timers in Amboy can remember that they as children often went into the first Carson, Pirie, Scott store, which moved to Chicago in the 60s.
Carson Pirie Scott Entrance This leading Chicago department store originated with a business founded in Amboy, Illinois, in 1854 by Samuel Carson and John T. Pirie, two Scotch-Irish immigrants. By the end of the Civil War, Carson & Pirie was based on Lake Street in Chicago; during the late 1860s, annual sales (wholesale and retail) reached ...
Carson Pirie Scott & Company is a regional department store chain, operating 51 stores in Illinois, Indiana, Minnesota, and Wisconsin. The company is a combination of several smaller department store chains, all with long ties to midwestern cities.