The Forgotten Abandoned Kmart - Ashtabula, OH

[@drjunior88]

This Kmart opened in 1974 and closed in 1992. It relocated the Ashtabula Town Square Mall in 1992 and became a Super Kmart around 2000. It looks like a business called Domino Logistics occupied the building after Kmart.

[@wesleybruner2169]

Really cool find! Man; I wish you could have gotten in and looked around. Just something about these old buildings just takes you back to better times. You know? Great job wallie! Appreciate you putting out all of your content and asking as you do; we will co time to watch!

[@XanderEchelberger-nt6ti]

Omg that is a oldie great find love the old Kmarts keep up the good work

[@REALEddieLampert]

Way before my time, bucko!

[@WallieB26]

Haha thank you!

[@MxCartney_Lou]

I’ve been going through old storage of mine, since I moved house on my own for the first time (I’m 23) and I found a package that said “Kmart Photo” I think from Bemidji, Minnesota and it brought me such strange emotions because I’ve been to Kmart in multiple locations, but didn’t get to experience the golden age of the chain…..it filed for bankruptcy for the first time in 2002, when I was 1 year old…..anyways thanks Wallie for showing love to these old relics of American people

[@baconplayz2593]

The Kmart was turned into a “Domino Logistics” for a bit which explains why you saw an “S” on the front. But great find!

[@TCAPRecipes]

Look at the front, where it says S real big.

[@julieboruta]

@@TCAPRecipesright on.

[@user-ci9ri4fl5pBuckeyeChessie]

Which explains the bombers around the columns.

[@audreylonsinger2678]

1992?! Interesting find. Thanks Wallie!

[@jodywight3948]

After K-Mart closed it was Domino Logistics. I was in there in the 2004-2006 era. It still felt like a K-Mart. Not sure when they left! The McDonalds was closed many years ago and it is in rough shape! Also, there was Tops Supermarket in the plaza that built a huge new Tops on the corner of Route 20 and West Prospect. It is now a Busy Beaver. I worked in Tops for Charter One Bank(Now Citizens Bank).

[@rickcunning]

Busy Beaver is closed and Ollie's Bargain Outlets is opening in November.

[@jodywight3948]

@@rickcunning wow. My late husband loved Busy Beaver!!!

[@chriskoloski8881]

I remember those outside walls in my Kmart in the 80s with 4 payphones attached

[@Urban_nation.]

Wow I’m shocked. Amazing video wallie I loved it like always and I enjoyed watching thank you

[@EventHorizon31]

I live in Ashtabula. I miss this Kmart. The one at the Mall was ok, but this one brings back fond childhood memories of getting toys and games.

[@AlyssasAutismAdvocacy]

Since you are from the area, do you know if it has ever been repurposed into anything else at some point, or did it just stay abandoned for over 3 decades? I am now super curious.

[@EventHorizon31]

@@AlyssasAutismAdvocacy it’s still abandoned. I wish they would just tear it down. It’s an eye sore.

[@grace-point]

In 92, i was 3 years old the K-mart was closing whilst i was in Diapers 😂

[@theweakestlink2278]

We had a Kmart in my city that sat abandoned like this for about 15 years. It looked identical to this one. Walmart eventually tore it down and built a super center in its place.

[@xJC2x]

Awesome find. I saw pictures from flickr & this person took some pics from I'm assuming the same kmart. It had the name of "Domino Logistics" on the front of the building. That maybe the S you saw. It was painted white at one time with that other name.

[@brendakrieger7000]

Wow amazing find! I loved K Mart

[@Musicsingingmovement]

My parents and I went shopping there all the time when I was growing up. It had one of the cafeteria-style eateries inside toward the back of the store. We never ate there. Lots of fond memories.

[@Indiocean]

The Dinette counter in the back! Oh yeah... lunch wth my sweet Ma. ❤

[@12HpyPws]

KMart... popcorn and Cherry Icee when mom and grandma shop.

[@Indiocean]

Biiig fat sub sandwiches to go. Blue light special!

[@AnotherTruth]

I love seeing some of the old markings and characteristics of an old Kmart. It reminds me of my young adulthood and childhood. I am just amazed it sat there for so long and it looks okay. I think it does look like the very old Kmart style. I remember the Changes I think around 1990 or 1991? Is that when they did their rebrand? I know when I was a child especially in the early to mid 80s. It looks so different. But this style this look looks like pre-rebranding era. I’d be interested in knowing if something else was in its place. The mold smell means it just sat there for awhile If it was used as something else. Thank you for this find

[@WovenZane]

Kmart In Fairborn Ohio closed in 2014 and In December 2023 got bought and is turning it into storage sense

[@michellebrown2107]

The former Kmart in Englewood was also turned into a storage facility.

[@kimt4870]

Thanks for taking us along with you, back to the 90’s and maybe part of the 80’s, to this old retro Kmart ! I grew up in the 70’s and 80’s and I miss those days so much. Especially now , with all the evil and stress going on all around us, I’m drawn to listening to music from those decades, and watching shows and movies from those days. Makes me feel nostalgic, but truthfully it also makes me a bit sad, because the world as we know now, is NOTHING like it was then ! Not even close. So each time you find one of these “treasures”, it’s almost like seeing an old friend ! That may sound goofy, but I don’t care. It’s the truth. Thanks for taking us back in time, to this old school Kmart, from my growing up years. Even listening to the old Kmart commercial at the end, brought back fond memories !

[@Sora2529]

Wallie needs to visit the last New York Kmart before it closes in October 2024!

[@darian4995]

Agreed

[@dansimon1100]

Agree

[@danieljwilson7918]

Agreed!

[@JOHNJ0HN9111]

Not the last

[@AbandonedHistory1]

@@Sora2529 agreed!

[@lindamikel1842]

Good awesome afternoon early video I'm going to watch every single one of newly one here later on Just getting setup for October Halloween stuff here for long.

[@suzannethomas1090]

I remember walking to Kmart in the late 70’s early 80’s in the summer at my grandparents house

[@ScareFestTTV]

So proud to be one of your first 30 or so subs. Also it's my 30th birthday today!!!

[@grace-point]

Happy birthday 🎂 🎉

[@ScareFestTTV]

@@grace-point ty 😊

[@baconplayz2593]

Happy birthday!

[@jaimienichols5649]

Awesome Wall

[@suzannewillis817]

It ain't easy driving by a abandon Kmart that used to be so full of life like the one in my state so sad.

[@carlashepherd9362]

Awesome video as always! 👍❤️🤘

[@WovenZane]

Amazing how it’s still abandoned today!

[@JasonBlentlinger-dg4hb]

Our old K-mart in Quincy Illinois closed in 2014 or 2015 and and stayed closed until Target bought it in 2022 and remodeled the old 1972 building and Target opened up in Summer of 2023.

[@gavinisdie]

The building looks in great shape for being abandoned for 32 years, also, i think the reason it looks so different from your average Kmart is because it closed before/because of the Massive rebrand they did in the early ro mid 1990s

[@nickpatrick1636]

It's definitely not in good shape

[@gavinisdie]

@nickpatrick1636 thats why I said great shape for a building Abandoned for 32 years

[@MTEMCA]

You should check out the old abandoned Wal-Mart in Manning, South Carolina.

[@christopherboian8657]

Thanks for sharing

[@TheUniversalEyes]

This is Saybrook Township, not Ashtabula. But I went to that Kmart often and it was never a really busy store, just average and only because the area had some industry back in the day. Across the street, behind the Highway Patrol station, that plaza there (Crossroads Plaza) once held an A&P Grocery store, years later it became a TOPS grocery and some smaller stores. Around 2007, the plaza was sold and the owner rented it out to people who used it for auctions, discount household items and basically selling junk, last year most everything there closed up and now the building will sit until it's demolished. Next to the Highway Patrol station, there was also a McDonald's, which closed around 1990 or so. On that note, down the road about 2 miles there was also another plaza called Nichol's Plaza, which held Nichol's department store, which was before Kmart became popular, but basically the same thing. That plaza had a movie theater and other small shops. Nichol's closed around 1989 and The movie theater closed around 2009 or so, the last remaining shop in that plaza was a massage parlor, which was closed for obvious reasons.That entire plaza is now piles of rubble. All of these abandoned stores, plazas and such went downhill after NAFTA was signed, almost overnight.

[@joeyreidelbach5509]

Well NAFTA has done alot damage for US job growth.

[@jodyrayvictor]

4:22 I don't know if you can tell but that's a Kmart that had the k Cafe in the back of the store, that's what that recessed area was on the back wall

[@AlyssasAutismAdvocacy]

Finding a vintage Kmart that was closed more than 3 decades ago is quite the find.

[@JKTEAS]

Ashtabula is basically a crumbling ghost town.

[@jet34thehawk]

Awesome Kmart video

[@kennysechrist5128]

Great video! Our local Kmart was turned into an Aldi’s, Big lots, and O’Reily’s.

[@thelightfordhouse]

Very cool kmart! Thanks for sharing

[@danestegman155]

Awesome video! And a great find! Does not look too bad on the inside either! Sure is an old time style Kmart place!

[@terriwoodard7399]

This is amazing!!! It is one hour from my home in Alliance!! Who knew

[@alanlough638]

A great find, Wallie! 👍👍👍👍👍👍👍 I really miss shopping at Kmart.

[@Thegooglemapsperson]

I looked the history on this Kmart. After it closed, sometime in the 2000s, it was a Domino Logistics, which was then closed in 2018, according to Google maps.

[@crystalscan2002]

wow surprised the building is still standing wow, that building should be torn town

[@majic4492]

I like the Earnhardt 3 on the back of the bee…..nice touch!!! 👍

[@Indiocean]

Praise Dale

[@HGR338]

Lovely video I can tell already

[@christinelapierre4460]

Nice one! Love the sweatshirt!

[@Barabyproductions]

Great video Wallie! I was glad to see it. I clicked fast 💨 lol 😂 keep em coming

[@Asher10-Abandoned-Buildings]

Wow that’s pretty run down!!!

[@shannonyoast6906]

As always great video 👍

[@joetaylorchristmastree2866]

Good afternoon ❤

[@DRNicholasJones]

I miss Kmart , Hills , K’s Merchandise , Venture etc

[@jamesirby2643]

I miss trump!

[@lisafreeman4222]

awesome video

[@bucketsgarage]

Hey there bud, grew up in the area. Used to go there when we were kids all the way up to the day it closed. And remember and had a huge sale of selling off a lot of the merchandise from that particular store and then the grand opening at the mall They moved it to the Ashtabula Mall when they built the mall. What came after Kmart? There was a flea market a flea market last year for quite a few years and then it shut down. Now I think they just used the parking lot as a trucking company. The whole area there shut down when they built The mall. Technically they moved but that was years ago and nothing ever became of What's there now? Thanks for the videos

[@WallieB26]

Thank you for all of the info! I appreciate it! I wish I would have known about the flea market. I love flea markets! Glad you enjoyed.

[@jholley]

Always was Kmart then was and has been used for the trailer storage. I used to get hot food from the dinner inside.

[@BrianRay-mi1dr]

I'm old enough to remember when k-marts had the diner in them and that was in the 80's

[@Indiocean]

This 1 had 1

[@danieljwilson7918]

Kmart closed in Lockport NY in 2002. Building is still there and has been various businesses that have come and gone, more like a plaza now. Those of us who grew up with Kmart will never forget and thanks to Wallie's videos Kmart lives on despite Eddie the Destructors dismantling of Kmart. Good ole Fast Eddie, making millions off Kmart and Sears demises.

[@chrisexplores1]

wow amazing find, Kmarts are starting to get rare to find. Amazing video tho Wallie !

[@user-ci9ri4fl5pBuckeyeChessie]

This Kmart was opened October 10, 1974, and closed August 9, 1992, it was 100,000 Sq. FT. The Super K mat opened August 10th, 1992, and closed July 31, 2016, it was 146,782 Sq FT.

[@crystalscan2002]

something has been in there since kmart since that exit sign at front is much more modern then 1992 and if it truely been abandone since 1992 that roof would been caved in

[@ryanclifton7033]

32 years dang

[@danielhedrick5886]

It's been a really long time since they did buildings like that

[@chrishurley8028]

Ashtabula - 4941 N Ridge Road W - Store #3157, (Opened on October 10, 1974) - Closed in August 1992. Currently Vacant.

[@50thCenturyiDuck]

"later Domino Logistics. Currently Vacant"

[@johnromansky6834]

I remember the old K mart close to where I grew up In N Versailles PA . They had a big neon K on a poll that would spin . I always thought that was the coolest thing.

[@AbandonedHistory1]

Wallieee!!

[@nicksabandonedadventures4771]

7:11 Maybe it opened 1992 and closed 2002

[@DalmationProductions]

No the Super Kmart that replaced it lasted until 2016

[@nicksabandonedadventures4771]

@@DalmationProductions oh ok

[@billfink565]

The Kmart near me was turned into a Bridgeport Equipment.

[@thunderray1987]

The last closest Kmart near Toledo, Ohio closed in November 2022 and that was located in the town of Marshall, Michigan.

[@TwistedELo]

This building has been abandoned for a long time since I can remember. I’ve always wanted to go into that McDonald’s. There’s also an abandoned nursing home near by here that’s on my list too.

[@miamidadetransit9918]

Appeared to have been used by some sort of logistics company between 2008 and 2012. From what I saw on google street view.

[@rickcunning]

That Kmart closed the same year the Ashtabula Mall opened.

[@mirandavanzee6366]

wow cool

[@antiuttpprimewastaken]

Wallie there’s an abandoned Walmart in Columbus

[@antiuttpprimewastaken]

It shut down on February 16th

[@MrIceman22]

Great Video Wallie :D

[@tyeralexander7346]

This kmart looks like it's closed before Eddie Lampert took over Kmart and Sears

[@DalmationProductions]

Yes 1992 that was long before Lamepert came along

[@EarlsBlog]

A guess: W.T. Grant (Grant's City) before becoming Kmart? After the 1976 bankruptcy liquidation, many Grants locations became Kmarts and other similar style retailers.

[@kevindavis4709]

Seems like I saw an old style K-Mart like that in my state years ago when I was in my teenage years. Those big white fans in the ceiling says K-Mart without saying K-Mart.

[@brandonhalm2312]

I love the videos

[@XXPYR0XX]

maybe it was a fireworks store. one of the old k marts in my area turned into one for a while.

[@douggaiser988]

It was Domino Logistics back in 2012

[@TheCalvinator.]

What Kind Of New Car Did You Get

[@KBLofficialbeautymarke]

The S almost looked like a 9. Like 99 cents store. It was also a Domino Logistics

[@brandonb.6099]

I wish Kmart was still in business in the United States

[@AlyssasAutismAdvocacy]

So do I.

[@jonathancreveling8699]

Opened 1974

[@dansimon1100]

I remember the K mart stores that look like this before. They started painting them white.

[@jakesawesomevids7908]

I wish I could go to Kmart lol

[@nicolemacpherson3908]

This building looks basically untouched, like stepping back into the 80s!

[@703am]

being basically closed for 30 or so years the building is still in decent shape, the parking lot not so much

[@jgwalli2421]

The Kmart that were built in the 50s and 60s have big fans in the back instead of individual air conditioning units up on the roof

[@robertmailhos8159]

What is going on with All of those trailers in the parking lot

[@shawnsatterlee6035]

It's a "hub" for trailers I would assume. Sorta like Kraft maid by me has lots of trailers also and aren't all Kraft maid trailers.

[@robertmailhos8159]

@@shawnsatterlee6035 👌👍

[@rodneygau8339]

That Kmart is currently a shipping facility for some company

[@thunderray1987]

You got to see if you can find any abandoned Home Depot OR Lowe's hardware stores! I wonder if any exist, lol.

[@RENTnerd87]

The black facade makes me think it may have been an IGA at one point but I can't say for sure

[@ParanormalVideoGamer]

I remember when it was Domino Logistics.. Drove past it so many times but Last i heard It was supposed to be demolitioned... Now i'm wondering if the city canceled that

[@awesomeheat2569]

Jody’s in 2024 in Rockford Michigan closes it’s doors later this year I would tour that before they demolish it

[@mariebelladonna437]

Wallie love, that was a HORNET'S nest, and you should be very glad the little bitches weren't home-trust me!! Dope hoodie, BTW. Great video.

[@WallieB26]

I'm glad that nest was old too! And thank you! I just picked that hoodie up last month at Spirit Halloween!

[@slackingpacking]

What a time capsule, that McDonald’s is also a time capsule. ❤

[@tyeralexander7346]

What Kmart should of never done was bought Sears and hired Eddy Lampert to run the company

[@DalmationProductions]

More like should've never brought in Chuck Conaway in 2000 then Eddie would've never bought them out of bankruptcy

[@MatthewCampbell-pd1qr]

This is Kmart location would been 50 years in operation.

[@DaveParker-h8d]

Love Kmarts