Goodman Department Store
Goodman Department Stores was a retail chain in
Pictou County, Nova Scotia. It operated 34 departments between 1904 and 1985.The store was founded by European Brothers Harry and Sol Goodman and Harry's in-laws the Vinebergs of Quebec from the proceeds of fur and fish trading and the transfer of inventory from three small Quebec stores established earlier.[1]
Located in downtown
Montréal and Ottawa under the name Larocque.[2] Sol and Harry Goodman divided their business in 1946, and thereafter Goodman Company Ltd. operated under the direction of Harry and then his four sons: Hyman, Waldo, Bernie, and Dr. Nordau Goodman until its closure in 1985 except as interrupted by wartime service.[3]
The third floor of the building operated as a public auditorium. During the second world war Goodman Auditorium as it was called served as an armoury and drill hall. In 1988 the New Glasgow structures were re-purposed into a shopping centre by
Antigonish entrepreneur Brian MacLeod and local lawyers Richard Goodman Q.C., and Gregory MacDonald Q.C. whose firm became occupants on the second floor. The buildings, now called Goodman Place, have passed out of the ownership the Goodman family. Goodman's occupied a physically central location in the downtown area of New Glasgow, providing a public bus stop for the community as a whole.[4] The Goodman Rotary Park on the west side of the East River of New Glasgow offers a view point of this former department store.[5]
References
- ^ James M. Cameron “More About New Glasgow” Kentville Publishing Co. Ltd. 1974 at page 230
- ^ Wallace, Carolyn (February 5, 2006). "[nsroots] Obit: HARRY GOODMAN, New Glasgow". nsroots (Mailing list). Retrieved November 23, 2018.
- ^ Hugh Muir (November 10, 2018). "Former New Glasgow department store was employed professional window and display designers creating patriotism floats and windows during Second World War - The News". www.ngnews.ca.
- ^ Hugh Muir (November 10, 2018). "How New Glasgow's crest ended up on a Lancaster bomber". www.ngnews.ca.
- ^ Sam Macdonald (October 18, 2017). "Goodman family added to Wall of Fame - The News". www.ngnews.ca.