Stein Mart
Description:
Russian immigrant Sam Stein arrived in Greenville by riverboat in 1905. Here he founded a retail enterprise that would remain in his family for generations. On this site in 1964, his son Jake Stein opened the first Stein Mart store. By the 1980s, grandson Jay Stein had developed Stein Mart into a national department store chain.
LocationMem:
On Washington Avenue, Greenville, (On the right when traveling east)
Institution:
the Mississippi Department of Archives and History.
Official/Unofficial:
Official (Historical Marker Database)
Date of Dedication:
2003
Place Location:
