Welcome to the largest mall and retail history site on the internet. The MALL HALL OF FAME is a vintage shopping mall scrapbook. Its focus is on shopping complexes built -in the USA- between 1946 and 1979. Don't forget to visit our four Shopping Mall Memory Lanes, which transport you through time to a mall in 1956, 1963, 1970 and 1977!

A snapshot of the Center Court and West Wing of WHEATON PLAZA, taken on the mall's grand opening day in March 1960. In the distance is the 240,000 square foot Montgomery Ward.
Photo from Montgomery Ward & Company Annual Report 1959


Here we see Center Court and its distinctive fountain. The water feature was designed by Barbara Chase-Riboud, a visual artist, novelist and award-winning poet.
Photo from http://moussemagazine.it / Mousse Magazine


The image above -and one that follows- show vintage views of the WHEATON PLAZA shopping concourse. It is decorated for the 1965 yuletide season.
Photo from Library of Congress / Warren K. Leffler


Shoppers stroll the WHEATON PLAZA West Mall in this snapshot.  
Photo from Library of Congress / Warren K. Leffler