May Company Ohio

May Company
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
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Location	158 Euclid Ave. at Public Sq., Cleveland, Ohio
Coordinates	41°29′55″N 81°41′31″W / 41.49861°N 81.69194°W / 41.49861; -81.69194Coordinates: 41°29′55″N 81°41′31″W / 41.49861°N 81.69194°W / 41.49861; -81.69194
Area	1.8 acres (0.73 ha)
Built	1914
Architect	D.H. Burnham & Co.; Graham, Anderson, Probst & White
Architectural style	Chicago
NRHP reference #	74001443
Added to NRHP	January 18, 1974

The May Company Ohio was a chain of department stores that was based in Cleveland, Ohio, United States.

In 1899, David May, the founder of May Department Stores, acquired E. R. Hull & Dutton Co. of Cleveland on Ontario Street, renaming it May Company, Cleveland. In 1914 May added an additional landmark building on Euclid Avenue, fronting on the southeast corner of Public Square. The high-rise building stands 149 feet and contains 8 floors of space, though floors 7 and 8 were not added until 1931.

In 1939 May Co. acquired majority control of another Cleveland store, William Taylor Son & Co., which maintained a separate identity until 1961. Expansion to the suburbs began in the 1950s, with Sheffield Shopping Center, Lorain in 1953 (originally opened as an O'Neil's store which was a May Company subsidiary and then changed over to a May Company location in 1967) and Cedar-Center Plaza at Cedar and Warrensville Roads in University Heights in late 1956 (known locally as "May's on the Heights"). In 1960 a branch was opened at Parmatown Mall in Parma, and another in 1961 at Southgate Shopping Center in Maple Heights (the Southgate store having been originally opened in 1958 by William Taylor & Son Co.). Several mall stores followed in the 1960s and 1970s, including Great Lakes Mall (1964) Great Northern Mall (Ohio) in North Olmsted (1965), Randall Park Mall in North Randall (1976), Euclid Square Mall in Euclid (1977) and Sandusky Mall in Sandusky (1979).