87 North Main Street (99 N Main St) on Historic Logan Main Street and part of the Logan Center Street Historic District in Logan, Utah

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• ZCMI Buildings

ZCMI Co-op Building
1873-1902

Official outlet of ZCMI (Zion’s Co-operative Mercantile Institution), “America’s First Department Store”. This building housed the Logan Branch of ZCMI from 1873 until March of 1902. It was part of the ZCMI co-operative system which served more than 150 communities in the Intermountain area with retail commodities and services beginning in 1868.

99 North Main

This building was one of the earliest general merchandise stores built in Logan, and it continued as such until 1872. The owner sold the building and his merchandise and joined the historically significant “cooperative” movement sponsored by the Mormon Church. From 1872 to 1903, the building housed what was one of the most important businesses in the history of the valley, Zion’s Cooperative Mercantile Institution; the coop was begun by Brigham Young in the late 1860’s. The building survived a major fire and was then divided into two. For 70 years, it housed First National Bank of Logan on the north side; the south was occupied by Woolworth’s. The building has since housed a variety of business.