Town & Country Village (Sacramento)

Town & Country Village in Arden-Arcade, California, was the first suburban, auto-oriented shopping center in Sacramento metropolitan area, and one of the first in the United States, opening in 1946 with 65 shops.[1][2]

Town and Country Village, which first opened in September 1946, was designed by John W. Davis, and built by contractor Jeré Strizek (1902-1979).[3] Original tenants included a beauty shop, ice cream bar, appliance stores, a five-and-ten cent store, rustic garden center, doctors' offices, hardware store, bottle shop, grocers, pharmacy, clothing stores, jewelry store, furniture store, post office, bank, photography studio, restaurants and bars, a shoe repair shop, and a movie theater.[4] The center never had a department store anchor nor was it ever enclosed.[5][6]

Currently it is the site of a power center anchored by Trader Joe's and big-box stores T. J. Maxx, Bed, Bath & Beyond, Sprouts Farmers Market, Five Below, and Mattress Firm.[7]