Shartenberg's Department Store
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| Industry | Retail |
|---|---|
| Founded | 1906 |
| Defunct | 1962 |
| Headquarters | New Haven, Connecticut |
Shartenberg's Department Store was a six-floor department store located at 765-777 Chapel Street in Downtown New Haven, Connecticut, designed in the neoclassical style.[1] In 2007, it was ranked among the "landmark consumer paradises" of New Haven's past, along with The Edw. Malley Co., Macy's, and Grant's.[2]
History
The department store began as A. C. Wilcox, (later called A. C. Wilcox & Company) a dry goods store, in 1836.[3] After the death of A.C. Wilcox, it became The Howe & Stetson Co., and was greatly enlarged. In 1906, the business was purchased and became the Shartenberg-Robinson Department Store, and finally Shartenberg's Department Store.[4]
The business was sold to Nelson Miller of New York in 1952[5] and closed its doors April 21, 1962.[6]
The building was razed in either 1962[7] or 1964. The Shartenberg Site, as it came to be known, was used as a parking lot until 2008, when groundbreaking for the 31-story 360 State Street building commenced.[8][9]
References
- ^ Shartenberg's Department Store at Emporis.com
- ^ "Whose Downtown Is It?" at The New Haven Advocate, December 13, 2007
- ^ Illustrated popular biography of Connecticut at Google Books, 1891
- ^ A Modern History of New Haven and Eastern New Haven County, Volume 1 at Google Books, 1934
- ^ Clustered stores and trolley riders at The New Haven Register, December 16, 2006
- ^ Today in History, Oct. 17 at The New Haven Register, October 17, 2003
- ^ Re-Imagined in New Haven - Developer Using Yesterday to Create Future at New York Construction, March 1, 2010
- ^ Impacts of Proposed Shartenberg Site Development at Knektid.com, February 24, 2008
- ^ Ground broken on State Street project at The New Haven Register, December 2, 2008