The gigantic NORTHLAND Famous-Barr (the tall structure depicted here) was the St. Louis chain's third suburban branch. It encompassed 4 levels and 337,000 square feet.
Drawing from the May Department Stores Company


Our first NORTHLAND CENTER layout dates to 1959. The North Mall and South Mall wings extend from two sides of Famous-Barr. Open-air storefronts along the east side are accessed from an upper parking level. Those along the west facade open onto lower level parking. At this time, the complex covers approximately 525,100 leasable square feet and contains forty-one stores and services. Free parking is provided for 5,000 autos.

NORTHLAND CENTER TENANTS 1959:

 FAMOUS-BARR (with The Jade Room, Dining Deck and Pick-Quick Room restaurants and Beauty Salon) / S.S. KRESGE 5 & 10 (with luncheonete) / SONNENFELD'S / RAPP'S supermarket (outparcel) / Artiste Hair Stylists / Babor Sausage Company / Baker's Qualicraft Shoes / Berland's Smart Shoes / Bradford Jewelry / Brod-Dugan Paints / Burt's Shoes / Dan-Dee Shop / Duane's Shoes / Edith's Tots To Teens / Gorman & Raab Toys / Grove Jewelers / Harper's Smart Shops / Household Finance Corporation / H. Kline / La Merite Bridal Shop / Lasky's Shoes / Libson Northland Shop / Mark Bradley Gift Shop / Mavrakos Candy Company / Mode O'Day Frock Shop / Music Center / National Shirt Shops / Northland Bank / Northland Shoe Repair / Pope's Cafeteria / Richman Brothers men's wear / Shell Oil Service Station (outparcel) / Slenderella Figure Salon / St. Louis Federal Savings / Staten Island Cleaners / Straub's / Walgreen Drug (with Walgreen Grill) / Wehmueller-Hamilton Jewelers / Weil Clothing Company / Worth's Women's Fashion Shops / Western Auto (with Auto Center) / William Heitman Barber Shop 


A vintage view of upper level storefronts along the South Mall. The store in the middle, Sonnenfeld's, was a popular St. Louis retailer who sold women's, children's and teen's apparel. Their NORTHLAND operation was one of two 2-level stores in the complex (an S.S. Kresge 5 & dime being the other).
Photo from http://northlandshoppingcenterjenningsmo.blogspot.com / Dwayne Pounds


Here we see the lower level of storefronts, which face onto the west parking area. Nameplates going from right-to-left include Staten Island Cleaners, Brod-Dugan Paints & Wallpaper, Richman's men's and Sonnenfeld's (the store's lower sales floor).
Photo from http://northlandshoppingcenterjenningsmo.blogspot.com / Dwayne Pounds


In our final vintage view, we have a vista of the shopping center's entire lower level. This extends from Pope's Cafeteria (on the left), all the way over to Staten Island Cleaners (on the right). 
Photo from http://www.losttables.com