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Efird's Department Store, also known as Lourie's Department Store, is a historic
department store A department store is a retail establishment offering a wide range of consumer goods in different areas of the store under one roof, each area ("department") specializing in a product category. In modern major cities, the department store mad ...
building located at
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. It was built about 1870, and is a rectangular brick building renovated and expanded in 1919. This included the addition of a third story and the installation of a new brick façade and store entrances. Between 1919 and 1958, it housed the Columbia branch of the
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based Efird's Department Store chain. It currently houses a
Mast General Store __NOTOC__ The Mast General Store is a general store located in Historic Valle Crucis, North Carolina. It is recognized by the National Register of Historic Places as one of the best remaining examples of the type. It is still the center of the ...
, which moved in on May 25, 2011. It was added to the
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in 2012.


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Defunct department stores based in South Carolina Commercial buildings on the National Register of Historic Places in South Carolina Commercial buildings completed in 1919 Buildings and structures in Columbia, South Carolina National Register of Historic Places in Columbia, South Carolina Commercial buildings completed in 1870 {{ColumbiaSC-struct-stub