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Garfinckel's
Garfinckel's Department Store
Northwest, Washington, D.C.
Coordinates38°53′50.38″N 77°1′55.4″W / 38.8973278°N 77.032056°W / 38.8973278; -77.032056
Area(less than 1 acre (4,000 m2)
Built1925–1929
ArchitectPorter and Lockie, Starrett & van Vleck
Architectural styleModerne
NRHP reference No.95000353[1]
Added to NRHPApril 4, 1995

Garfinckel's was a prominent

F Street shopping district is listed on the National Register. It filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in June 1990[2]
and ceased operations that year.

History

This

Raleigh's for $95 million (~$224 million in 2023), forming Garfinckel's, Raleigh's & Co.[6]

Garfinckel's grew and expanded into a chain of stores, but was eventually pushed into financial collapse due to a series of

chairman and CEO George P. Kelly and went out of business.[7]

Flagship store

In 1918, the store was located at 13th and F Streets at the western end of

the city's downtown shopping district. An eight-story department store building was erected at the northwest corner of 14th and F Streets, across from the Willard Hotel, and opened in 1929. The $2,000,000 structure was designed by architects Starrett & van Vleck of New York.[8] By 1936, there were more than 500 employees.[9]

After Garfinckel's bankruptcy in 1990, the store remained vacant for several years until it was redeveloped in 1999.[10] In 1995, it was placed on the National Register of Historic Places. From 1997 to 1999, the property was redeveloped into a modern office building and shopping center named Hamilton Square.

Borders Group bookstore was a street level tenant until it closed in 2010. The building owner considered a restaurant and retail store to occupy the space.[11][12]

Branch stores

Unlike its local retail competitors, the

Springfield Mall store opened in January 1973.[17]

Convinced that the company had expanded enough and that the premiere 170,000-square-foot (16,000 m2) downtown location would continue to prosper, Garfinckel's did not expand again until the early-1980s.

Raleigh's location.[20] Nine locations were in operation at the time of filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in 1990.[21]

The Garfinckel's Department Store Records are held at the Library of Congress.[22]

References

  1. ^ "Garfinkel's Department Store". Landmark Hunter.com. April 27, 2017. Retrieved January 2, 2018.
  2. ^ "Company News; Garfinckel's In Chapter 11". The New York Times. Reuters. June 22, 1990.
  3. ^ "Display advertisement". The Washington Post. October 1, 1905. p. E9.
  4. ^ "Classified advertisement". The Washington Post. August 6, 1924. p. 12.
  5. ^ "Top 100 Area Firms," The Washington Post, Apr 20, 1981, p. WB26.
  6. ^ "The Downfall Of a Washington Institution," by Mark Potts, The Washington Post, Jun 22, 1990, p. F1.
  7. ^ "Company News; Garfinkel's In Chapter 11". The New York Times. 1990-06-22. Retrieved 2007-11-12.
  8. ^ "Special from Richmond, June 21: Virginia Exports Increased. North Carolina Also Shows Gain Over Last Year," The New York Times, June 23, 1929, p. N12
  9. ^ "Special from Washington, Nov. 6: Julius Garfinckel Dies In Washington - Merchant and Philanthropist Succumbs to Pneumonia in the Capital at 62," The New York Times, Nov. 7, 1936, p. 17
  10. ^ "Garfinckel's, Washington's Fashion Arbiter". 12 November 2012.[failed verification]
  11. ^ Missy Frederick, Jonathan O'Connell (December 21, 2009). "Hamilton Square Borders may become a T.J. Maxx". Washington Business Journal.
  12. ^ O'Connell, Jonathan (June 21, 2010). "14th Street Borders to become Clyde's restaurant". The Washington Post. Retrieved January 2, 2018.
  13. ^ "Garfinkel's 'New' Image," by William G. Cushing, The Washington Post and Times-Herald, Oct 26, 1969, p. 117.
  14. ^ "Garfinkel Opens at Tysons," The Washington Post and Times-Herald, May 29, 1970, p. C7.
  15. ^ "Garfinkel's Sixth Store," The Washington Post and Times-Herald, May 7, 1972, p. AS11.
  16. ^ "Garfinkel's Opens Hilton Hotel Shop," The Washington Post and Times-Herald, Aug 3, 1972, p. H2.
  17. ^ "Garfinkel's Plans Chevy Chase Store," by William H. Jones, The Washington Post and Times-Herald, Mar 6, 1972, p. D7.
  18. ^ "Garfinkel's Still Attracting Suburbanites," by William H. Jones, The Washington Post, Mar 27, 1977, p. 185.
  19. ^ "Garfinkel's Plans to Expand," by Merrill Brown, The Washington Post, Nov 2, 1979, p. D1.
  20. ^ "Garfinkel's to Open New Store Downtown," The Washington Post, Jan 25, 1989, p. F1.
  21. ^ "Retailer Garfinkel's Files for Bankruptcy," by Kara Swisher, The Washington Post, Jun 22, 1990, p. A1.
  22. ^ "Garfinkel's Department Store Records" (PDF). Library or Congress. April 2010.

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