The History Of the Valley Fair Mall in Appleton, Wisconsin

Valley Fair Mall in Appleton Wisconsin The first enclosed and weather protected mall in the US opened in 1955 and closed in 2007.. Thank you to: Royalbroil - Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?... Post Crescent Media https://www.postcrescent.com/picture-galle... Known as the first weather-protected suburban-style mall in the US, construction of the Valley Fair Center started on July 1st, 1953.