The original prototype is at Oglethorpe Mall, Savannah, GA, of which the small-mall prototypes at Southgate in Elizabeth City and Vernon Park Mall in Kinston, NC were based on. The Southgate location was one of the three original mall-based prototype stores, and whose design once perfected, would serve as basis for all future Belk stores. The Belk partnership for most of eastern NC was Belk-Tyler, retaining name long into the early 90's. To my knowledge, Belk and Hallmark are the only original (1967) Southgate tenants.īelk - An original tenant having moved from downtown Elizabeth City when mall was constructed in 1967. (Regional malls Greenbrier Mall and Chesapeake Square Mall in Chesapeake local center Pembroke Mall and super-regional Lynnhaven Mall in Virginia Beach local center The Gallery at Military Circle and regional mall MacArthur Center in Norfolk regional mall Patrick Henry Mall in Newport News.)

It is remarkable that Southgate Mall is still around, owing to Elizabeth City's close proximity to the the Hampton Roads, VA metro 45 minutes to the north, with its seven malls. Southgate Mall directory and history, Elizabeth City, NCīased off of the official website directory, I added the logos and other store names.

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