Another seconded that notion: "First high-end store I can remember in Peoria." The big-box department store chain was founded as Kresge's in 1899. It was renamed Kmart Corporation in 1977.

MORTON – The village's Kmart store closed in 2016 ... a freeway that provides easy access to Peoria and Bloomington. The building can be seen clearly by the 40,000 or so drivers who pass ...

Realtor Dan Maloof of Peoria-based Maloof Commercial Real Estate, who brokered the U-Haul real estate deal in Morton, said the impending sale of the former Kmart building is a sign of the times.