Miller's Department Store

[3] At formation the combined chain had 11 stores and two specialty shops in East Tennessee, Georgia, Virginia, and North Carolina.

The four-story store boasted two snackbars and a Tea Room as well as many amenities that are not to be found in any current retail establishment.

[7] From an advertisement in the 1902 University of Tennessee school annual yearbook, Miller's Department Store was operating contemporaneously at the location of "315, 317, and 319 Gay Street" in Knoxville.

This mid-century modern building received a design award from the American Institute of Architects at the time it was built.

Like many department stores of the era, Miller's incorporated a restaurant, snack bar, and bakery counter.

[12] Author James Agee described Miller's as a "profoundly matronly store" in his 1957 Pulitzer Prize-winning novel, A Death in the Family.

Prior to moving to the Fort Henry Mall, the Kingsport store was located at 300 Broad Street.

The downtown store was purchased from J. Fred Johnson Company and the two-story building contained the first escalator in Kingsport.