Castner Knott

The chain was in business for a century from 1898 to 1998, in its later years as a division of Mercantile Stores Company.

Castner Knott's historic flagship location on Nashville's Church Street closed in 1996, while the remaining stores were among those sold to Little Rock, Arkansas-based Dillard's, when it acquired Mercantile in 1998.

The stores were then sold in 2001 to May Company, who, in turn, rebranded these locations as Hecht's.

The original Castner-Knott Company building, located in downtown Nashville, was sold to Shmerling Clearbrook Holdings in the late 1990s for roughly $1.5 million.

On February 3, 2020, the building and adjoining parking garage was sold to a New York real estate firm for $27.2 million.