Ruth McEvoy Collection 24 - Genesee County
Ruth McEvoy Collection 24 - Genesee County
Ruth McEvoy Collection 24 - Genesee County
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RUTH McEVOY COLLECTION 6<br />
SUBJECT TEXT DATE<br />
Scott & Bean To become a department store at 63-65-67 Main Street, to merge with Peters &<br />
Scott & Bean, Inc. (cont) Cotter - Worthington & Wood - J. E. Gubb Shoes. 2-7-1905<br />
Plans changed - maybe later. 2-28-1905<br />
Buys Peters & Cotter, 107 Main - S & B at 65 Main. 6-8-1905<br />
Full page ad: Scott & Bean sale. 6-14-1905<br />
Sale of Peters & Cotter stock so brisk the doors had to be closed.<br />
With C. C. Bradley, buy Holden stock. S & B now leaves the Peter & Cotter store<br />
6-16-1905<br />
at 65 Main. 7-10-1905<br />
Tremendous sale of Holden Co. stock. 8-22-1905<br />
Opened at 85 Main today. 9-15-1905<br />
Take the third floor of the Dodge Building. 3-6-1907<br />
To show furs. 11-11-1908<br />
John Glade & Son to put a new front on. 7-19-1910<br />
C. C. Bradley improving S & B. 7-21-1910<br />
Has a handsome new delivery wagon. 2-<strong>24</strong>-1913<br />
Now occupy part of the Curtis Building.<br />
Now occupies whole three story building on Main built by R. O. Holden, pioneer<br />
dry goods merchant as well as the third floor of the Curtis Building built by<br />
C. C. Bradley. The first floor of the Curtis Building has other concerns. Can<br />
pass from the third floor of Holden to the third floor of Curtis. May buy two<br />
3-3-1917<br />
building for $125,000. 7-6-1927<br />
Sale completed. 7-8-1927<br />
Plans alterations to the 2nd floor. 10-28-1930<br />
New showcases, furniture installed.<br />
Edward Gorton and William MacLean both join S & B - both long associates.<br />
11-22-1930<br />
(History back to R. O. Holden.) 2-28-1935<br />
Prepares for the "sale of the century." 3-5-1935<br />
To remodel. 9-23-1935<br />
Formal reopening after alterations. 10-31-1935<br />
Picture.<br />
Plans $200,000 remodeling - to start April 19 with a new front - sketch - new<br />
fixtures, new showcases, new stairwell. To excavate the basement for<br />
8-21-1939<br />
household items. The third floor to be done later. Louis Viele, contractor. 4-9-1954<br />
Opening after seven months of alterations - ads. Pictures of the interior, portraits. 11-10-1954<br />
Proposes rebuilding. 6-<strong>24</strong>-1967<br />
To rebuild 85 Main.<br />
To rehabilitate the present plant to UR. Plans submitted to UR. (Rehabilitation<br />
8-22-1967<br />
of 85 Main planned.) 10-10-1967<br />
Decide to build in a new location. 12-19-1967<br />
Stymied on the purchase of a site in the Court Street area. 2-6-1968<br />
Way cleared for S & B to buy a site in the Urban Renewal area. 3-29-1968<br />
Buy the General Travel Bureau from Schultz. 5-25-1968<br />
Checked in a building in Court Street area to stay in business. 11-16-1968<br />
Purchases the Bern Building, 86 Main Street. 1-25-1969<br />
Report on demolition.<br />
Court rules UR must pay $89,000 for the S & B building - the balance between<br />
10-25-1969<br />
that and $46,000 paid. 1-3-1970<br />
UR buys the S & B building for $89,000 - price asked October 2, 1969. 1-5-1970<br />
To build in the Mall. 1-6-1973<br />
Moves to the Mall.<br />
Now open - picture ca 1920. History of Back to R. O. Holden and G. A. Lay in<br />
1886. John L. Thorn bought out Lay in 1847. Hinman Holden joined his father<br />
10-14-1976<br />
in 1880 and it became R. O. Holden & Son. Sold in 1905 to Scott & Bean Co. 11-10-1976<br />
Has divided space in the Mall - advertises the south half for renting. February 1986<br />
To celebrate its 150th Anniversary - oldest continuing business concern.<br />
In the Mall. Started with 5,000sqft, now has 3,500sqft. James Gorton says his<br />
father started working in the store at age 9. His grandmother was a<br />
4-21-1986