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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]
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]
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