Venture 140: Difference between revisions

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'''Venture #140''', also known as the '''Voss''' Venture store, was a [[Venture Stores|Venture]] [[discount department store]] located at [[Westheimer Crossing (Houston, Texas)|Westheimer Crossing]], [[7600 Westheimer Road (Houston, Texas)|7600 Westheimer Road]] in [[Houston, Texas|Houston]], [[Texas]].<ref>[httphttps://web.archive.org/web/19980130142435/http://www.venturestores.com/states/cities/houston.htm StoreHouston, LocatorTX], venturestores.com, archived by the WayBack Machine inon January 30, 1998.</ref> The store opened on or around March 13, 1995, followed by a formal grand opening ceremony on March 19.<ref>[https://archive.org/download/news-article-houston-chronicle-march-19-1995-p-91/News_Article__Houston_Chronicle__March_19_1995__p91.pdf Full-page advertisement], [[Houston Chronicle|''Houston Chronicle'']], March 19, 1995.</ref> It was the 11th Venture in the Houston area, and 19th Venture in Texas. The store ultimately closed on April 27, 1998.<ref>[https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1176187/m1/5/ Advertisement], [[The Baytown Sun|''The Baytown Sun'']], April 21, 1998, p. 5-A.</ref><ref>[https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1KCH4c3VWGuudPBGYS1_xilRkI0v46TqWbW2JYaY7mks/edit#gid=0 Venture] [[Bluepages:Spreadsheets|spreadsheet]].</ref>