Lucien Meis and Salo Levite founded the Meis department store in downtown
Terre Haute, Indiana, in 1928. This store remained open until the early 1980s. Meis also operated other stores in Terre Haute at
Honey Creek Mall, Plaza North, and The Meadows. The chain also operated a jeans store called The Bottom Half. Both of these businesses were sold to Brown Shoe Company (now
Caleres) in 1972. Brown Group sold the Meis chain, then consisting of ten stores, to
Elder-Beerman in 1989. ==References==