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!
Olympia's Capital Mall


Oly's second fully-enclosed retail center was built on a site situated 1.3 miles northwest of the Washington State State House. In its original incarnation, CAPITAL MALL housed over ninety stores and services.
Graphic from Ernest W. Hahn, Incorporated


The first interior mall in -or around- Olympia was developed on a site located 3 miles northeast of Washington's capitol. SOUTH SOUND CENTER, which held its grand opening in October 1966, contained fifty stores under its roof.
Graphic from Blume Realty