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!

Tempo, a branch of Minneapolis' Gamble-Skogmo conglomerate, operated stores in the Midwestern and Mountain States. The chain debuted -in Montevideo, Minnesota- in March 1962. The ARROWHEAD CENTER unit, dedicated in May 1962, was the chain's second operational store.
Graphic from Gamble-Skogmo, Incorporated


The south end of ARROWHEAD CENTER was anchored by a Red Owl supermarket. This chain was also based in Minnesota, with stores located in the Upper Midwest.
Graphic from Red Owl Stores, Incorporated


In our first ARROWHEAD CENTER layout, we see a depiction of the complex as it stood in 1962. With just 70,000 leasable square feet, it would not qualify as a so-called "regional" shopping hub.


TOWN & COUNTRY CENTER opened, in Minot's southern environs, in 1964. This fully-enclosed shopping complex spanned over 240,000 leasable square feet.
Photo from http://www.minotmemories.com


The first (and only) regional-class shopping hub in -or around- Minot was completed in 1980. DAKOTA SQUARE MALL originally encompassed over 400,000 leasable square feet.
Graphic from http://www.shopdakotasquare.com


ARROWHEAD CENTER in the early 2000s. The mini-mall would be given a major exterior renovation in 2007.
Photo from http://www.iret.com (website on the Internet Archive Wayback Machine)