The Union Company was a Columbus-based division of Marshall Fields. The TOWN & COUNTRY store, depicted here, welcomed first shoppers in October 1951.

Drawing from the Columbus Metropolitan Library

This east Columbus shopping hub opened for business in March 1949. During its early years, it was promoted as MIRACLE MILE TOWN & COUNTRY CENTER. The physical layout above dates to 1952, when East, North, Central and West sections had been completed. The strip center housed around twenty-nine stores and encompassed 265,000 leasable square feet. 

TOWN & COUNTRY CENTER TENANTS 1952:

J.C. PENNEY / KROGER supermarket / ALBERS supermarket / BIG BEAR supermarket / UNION COMPANY / S.S. KRESGE 5 & 10 (with luncheonette) / Carroll's Furniture / City Loan & Savings Company / Club Carry-out / Cooke Appliance Company / Gray Drug (with luncheonette) / Howard Furniture Company / Inez of Town & Country ladies' wear / Jay's Jewelry / Maternity Modes / Miracle Automatic Laundry / Moore's of Ohio Hardware / Monaco's Restaurant & Cocktail Bar / Neuron Photo / Public Library of Columbus / Sali-Wer Millinery / Schiff Shoes / Shirley's Shoe Repairs / Swan Cleaners / The Boston Store / Town & Country Bank / Town & Country Barber Shop / Town & Country Texaco (outparcel) / Zane's Restaurant / Zettler Hardware