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chain in Georgia. The chain included a main store in

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and seven other locations:

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, West Point, Decatur, West Atlanta, and

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. The first Kessler's department store opened in Macon in 1914. In 1932, the family moved to Atlanta, where Hyman and Walter H. Kessler opened a store in downtown the following year. The Kessler family closed all stores in 1998. The downtown Atlanta store has since been converted into condominiums.Kessler CityLofts
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