A newspaper ad announcing the grand opening of IVERSON MALL, which was held September 21, 1967. Typical of the time is the forever springtime reference.
Graphic provided by Ms. Jeannette Kainu, Marketing Director, Iverson Mall

A circa-1967 site plan of IVERSON MALL. The 527,000 square foot complex was anchored by Washington-based Woodward & Lothrop and Montgomery Ward. There were over seventy inline stores, as well as office and bank buildings.

A cut-away view of the Wards-to-Woodie's (south-to-north) elevation. The complex would be remodeled on a couple of occasions over the ensuing years but would never be physically expanded beyond its original parameters.

 

Dang it, we got it right! At other locations around the internet, it is said that the IVERSON MALL Wards opened on April 20, 1967. In fact, it opened a year earlier -on April 20, 1966- predating the mall by a year.

Advert from the Washington Afro-American