J. N. Adam & Co.

J. N. Adam & Co.

Infobox Defunct Company
company_name = J.N. Adam & Co.
company_
fate = Liquidation
foundation = 1881
defunct = 1960
location = Buffalo, New York
industry = Retail
key_people =
products = General merchandise
num_employees =
parent = Associated Dry Goods Corporation
subsid =
The J.N. Adam & Co., commonly referred to as J.N.'s was a department store located in Buffalo, New York. It was founded in 1881 by James Noble Adam, a brother of Robert B. Adam, a founder of AM&A's, another Buffalo based department store. [cite book |first=Michael F. |last=Rizzo |date=2007 |title=Nine Nine Eight: The Glory Days of Buffalo Shopping |publisher=Lulu Enterprises, Inc. |location=Morrisville, North Carolina |isbn=978-1-4303-1386-1] The co-founder of the store was William H. Hotchkiss who, in 1905, negotiated the purchase of rival store Hengerer's. Both stores continued to operate and, in 1916, became initial parts of the Associated Dry Goods Corporation. [cite news |work=Time |title=Personnel |url=http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,741449,00.html |date=1931-04-20]

The downtown store was initially located at 292 Main Street. [cite news |work=Buffalo Express |title=New Building on Main Street |date=1891-07-26] [cite news |work=Preservation Report |title=J. N. Adam & Co. / AM&A's department Store Complex |publisher=Preservation Coalition of Erie County |first=Martin |last=Wachadlo |url=http://www4.bfn.org/preserve//bpr/spr04/1/index.html |date=Spring 2004] They later moved to the corner of Main and Eagle Streets, where over a span of thirty years they built a massive 600,000 sq. ft. downtown store. [cite news |work=Buffalo Evening News |title=J.N. Adam & Co. Plans $500,000 Store Building |date=1935-04-11] The flagship store was designed by architects Starrett & van Vleck, who also designed the Downtown Athletic Club and the flagship stores of Lord and Taylor, Bloomingdales, and Saks Fifth Avenue in New York City. [cite book |title=Sales & Celebrations: Retailing and Regional Identity in Western New York State, 1920-1940 |first=Sarah |last=Elvins |publisher-Ohio University Press |date=2004 |isbn=0821415492] In 1937, a branch opened at 114-120 Falls Street in Niagara Falls, New York. [cite news |work=Buffalo Evening News |title=Expansion Program at J.N. Adam & Co. |date=1948-02-21]

J.N.'s closed in 1960, and the Buffalo store became the new home for the downtown location of AM&A's. The store is currently threatened with demolition. [cite web |url=http://greaterbuffalo.blogs.com/gbb/2005/03/jn_adam_amas_th.html |work=Greater Buffalo Blog |title=J.N. Adam (AM&As) Threatened by Vampiric Policies of Development Agencies |date=2005-03-03 |accessdate=2008-08-16] [ [http://buffalo.bizjournals.com/buffalo/stories/2007/05/28/daily16.html "City urged to raze AM&A's structures" Business First of Buffalo, May 30, 2007 (retrieved Sep 10, 2008] .]

References

External links

*


Wikimedia Foundation. 2010.

Игры ⚽ Нужна курсовая?

Look at other dictionaries:

  • Adam (Bibel) — Adam und Eva (span. Buchmalerei, ca. 950) Erschaffung Adams und Evas, Sündenfall und Vertreibung aus dem Paradies, 1424 52, Baptisterium San Giovanni …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Adam Albert Graf Neipperg — Adam Albert Graf von Neipperg Adam Albert von Neipperg mit erster Frau Theresia und den Söhnen Alfred und Ferdinand, Gemälde um 1810 Adam Albert Graf von Neipperg (* …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Adam Albert Graf von Neipperg — Adam Albert von Neipperg mit erster Frau Theresia und den Söhnen Alfred und Ferdinand, Gemälde um 1810 Adam Albert Graf von Neipperg (* …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Adam-Josef-Cüppers Berufskolleg — Schultyp Berufskolleg Gründung 1892 …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Adam Malysz — Adam Małysz Nation …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Adam Burg — Adam Freiherr von Burg (* 28. Januar 1797 in Wien; † 1. Februar 1882 in Wien) war ein österreichischer Mathematiker und Technologe. Adam Burg, Lithographie von Josef Kriehuber, 1846 Er war der Sohn des k. k. Hofmaschinisten Anton Burg, in dessen… …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Adam Freiherr von Burg — (* 28. Januar 1797 in Wien; † 1. Februar 1882 in Wien) war ein österreichischer Mathematiker und Technologe. Adam Burg, Lithographie von Josef Kriehuber, 1846 Er war der Sohn des k. k. Hofmaschinisten Anton Burg, in dessen Werkstätte er die… …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Adam Tribbechow — Adam Tribbechov Adam Tribbechov, auch Tribbechovius, Tribbechow (* 11. August 1641 in Lübeck; † 16. August 1687 in Gotha) war ein deutscher evangelischer Theologe, Historiker und Ethnologe. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1 …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Adam Graf von Schwarzenberg — Adam Graf von Schwarzenberg, auch Schwartzenberg, (* 26. August 1583 in Gimborn in Nordrhein Westfalen; † 14. März 1641 in Spandau), war ein einflussreicher Berater des Kurfürsten Georg Wilhelm von Brandenburg und von 1625 bis 1641 Herrenmeister… …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Adam-Kraft-Gymnasium — Schultyp Naturwissenschaftlich technologisches und neusprachliches Gymnasium Gründung 1479 Ort Schwabach Bundesland Bayern …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Adam Stanislaus — Grabowski Adam Stanislaus, genannt Grabowski (* 3. September 1698 in Groß Butzig (Wielki Buczek); † 15. Dezember 1766 in Heilsberg) war von 1741 bis 1766 Fürstbischof von Ermland. 1766 wurde Ignatius Krasicki zum Koadjutor des Bischofs Stanislau …   Deutsch Wikipedia

Share the article and excerpts

Direct link
Do a right-click on the link above
and select “Copy Link”