# Swifton Center

Cincinnati, OH · mall · tier: draft · Retrofit Atlas record `m-fda62a2697` · release 2026-10-20

Canonical: https://retrofitatlas.org/malls/oh/cincinnati-swifton-center/  
JSON: https://retrofitatlas.org/data/records/m-fda62a2697.json · Provenance: https://retrofitatlas.org/data/records/m-fda62a2697.provenance.json · API: https://retrofitatlas.org/api/v1/sites/m-fda62a2697

## Facts

| Field | Value | Provenance |
|---|---|---|
| Status | unknown | reported · Wikipedia |
| Opened | 1956 | reported · Wikipedia |

## Anchors

G. C. Murphy, S. S. Kresge, Elder-Beerman

## Timeline

- 1956: Opened (Wikidata)

## Background (Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0, shortened)

Swifton Center was a shopping mall in Cincinnati, Ohio, United States. Opened in 1956 as the first mall in the Cincinnati area, it was initially an open-air complex featuring Rollman & Sons department store as the sole anchor store. This store was converted to Mabley & Carew in 1960, and again to Elder-Beerman in 1978. Other major tenants included Kroger, Liberal Market, G. C. Murphy, and S. S. Kresge. The mall had undergone a severe decline in tenancy by the early 1980s, resulting from the relocation of Kroger and deferred maintenance of the property.

Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swifton_Center

## Sources

- Wikipedia: Swifton Center — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swifton_Center (2025-08-23)

## Cite

Retrofit Atlas (2026). "Swifton Center, Cincinnati, OH." Record m-fda62a2697, release 2026-10-20, tier draft. https://retrofitatlas.org/malls/oh/cincinnati-swifton-center/ (accessed 2026-10-20).

```bibtex
@misc{retrofitatlas_cincinnatiswiftoncenter,
  title = {Swifton Center, Cincinnati, OH},
  author = {{Retrofit Atlas}},
  howpublished = {\url{https://retrofitatlas.org/malls/oh/cincinnati-swifton-center/}},
  year = {2026},
  note = {Record m-fda62a2697, release 2026-10-20, tier: draft. Built on the Retrofitting Suburbia map (Dunham-Jones and Williamson) and the sources listed on the record. Accessed 2026-10-20}
}
```

Licence: research use only; terms undecided with the authors (https://retrofitatlas.org/licence/). Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0. Tiers: curated = from the authors' public map, not reviewed by them; draft = imported or model-extracted, unreviewed.