1872 – 2006
L. S. Ayres & Company was an Indianapolis, Indiana, department store founded in 1872 by Lyman S. Ayres and taken over by his son Frederic in 1896. The former Ayres locations are now part of Atlanta-based Macy’s Central, and New York-based Macy’s East, both divisions of Federated Department Stores.
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