Kresge's was located at 54 Broadway. I am not sure when it opened but it was at that location by 1923. It was still at that location in 1964 but by 1977 the building was a Crown Hallmark Store.

The postcard enlargement to the right looks south on Broadway form NP Avenue. The west side of the street is shown. On the corner is the Fargo National Bank, the golden yellow building is Kresge's.

 

The photograph above of the interior of Kresge's was taken on August 29, 1929. Since this was a department store, note the sign showing the various departments: 11 was Men's and Boy's Furnishings, 12 was kitchenware, 13 was electrical supplies, 14 was radio, 15 was dry goods, and 16 was millinery. Most of the prices are difficult to distinguish but we can see voile curtains for $1, children's hats for $1, rayon panel curtains for $1, long sleeve washable shirts for $1 and pants for 50¢ to $1.

Sebastian Spering Kresge worked as a traveling tinware salesman (1890–97) before opening the first of his discount retail stores whose merchandise was all priced at less than a dime. He went into business in 1897 with one of his customers, J. G. McCrory, who owned a chain of stores in the northeast. Together they expanded and opened new stores before Kresge bought out McCrory and incorporated as S. S. Kresge in 1912 with 85 stores. By the mid-1920s, the S.S. Kresge Company was opening locations that sold items for $1 or less, a precursor to the current discount store. These ''green-front'' stores often were right next to the traditional red-front five-and-dime Kresge stores. the first Kmart discount department store opened in 1962 in Garden City, Michigan. Seventeen additional Kmart stores opened that year.

A strong religious upbringing made Kresge a thrifty and caring individual with an increasing sense of responsibility to return to society a major portion of his already sizeable wealth. To commemorate the 25th anniversary of his company, he established The Kresge Foundation in 1924 through an initial gift of $1.3 million. By the time of his death, at the age of 99 in 1966, Sebastian Kresge had made additional personal gifts totaling over $60 million.