Like many public spaces in the mid-1900s, some lunch counters were subject to Jim Crow laws, and thereby inadvertent ...

Like you and your hometown, this company has changed. In fact, Woolworth Corp.-the former F.W. Woolworth Co.-remade itself in the 1980s. Today, this venerable firm sells more than $8.8 billion ...

Tales of F.W. Woolworth: Do you have memories of the classic downtown "five and dime" at Fayette and South Salina streets, in Syracuse? If so, share them with Sean Kirst by emailing him at skirst@ ...

The directors of the F. W. Woolworth Co. have recommended to the stockholders of the Company a “split up” of the Company’s present common stock, four new shares for one old share.

The F.W. Woolworth Company Building in Greensboro was recently designated as a National Historic Landmark by the National Park Service. The building was the site of historical sit-ins by the ...

F.W. Woolworth Co. operated a chain of "five-and-dime cent stores" and began in Lancaster, Pennsylvania in 1879. An ad from the time of the opening in the Slattery Building promised "nothing over ...

ASHEVILLE - The F.W. Woolworth Co. Building, opened in 1939, is an iconic presence in downtown Asheville, a prominent façade along bustling Haywood Street at the heart of the city's business ...

When its first lunch counter opened in New Albany, Indiana, around 1923, the F.W. Woolworth Company was already known for innovation. Founded by Frank Winfield Woolworth in New York in 1879 ...