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| name = 13311 Eureka Road
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| location = 13311 [[Eureka Road (Southgate, Michigan)|Eureka Road]]<br>[[Southgate, Michigan|Southgate]], [[Michigan]]
| start_date = 1962
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'''13311 Eureka Road''' is the address for the east half of a commercial building, originally known as '''Kmart Plaza''', on [[Eureka Road (Southgate, Michigan)|Eureka Road]] in [[Southgate, Michigan|Southgate]], [[Michigan]]. Built in 1962 as [[Kmart 4021|Southgate's first Kmart store]], it later housed [[Office Depot]], and currently, [[Dunham's Sports 9131|Dunham's Sports #9131]].
==History==
===Kmart #4021 (1962–1995)===
The first Downriver Kmart, [[Kmart 4021|store #4021]], opened for business at 10 AM on November 26, 1962. The building was
The store permanently closed on January 10, 1995, following a storewide 75% clearance sale, having been converted into an outlet store following the opening of the [[Kmart 4949|Kmart #4949]] supercenter at [[3710 Dix Highway (Lincoln Park, Michigan)|3710 Dix Highway]] in [[Lincoln Park, Michigan|Lincoln Park]].<ref>[http://www.downriverthings.com/photostory-kmart.html Photostory KMART - Downriver History & Facts]</ref>
====Incidents====
* On Thanksgiving weekend in 1976, a baby, less than two weeks old, was found inside a Salvation Army drop box at the entrance. The infant, 4 pounds 11 ounces at birth, was rushed to [[Henry Ford Wyandotte Hospital|Wyandotte General Hospital]].<ref>[http://www.downriverthings.com/history-1970s.html History: 1970s - Downriver History & Facts]</ref>
===Office Depot (1996–2001)===
===Dunham's Sports #9131 (2004–present)===
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