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Art Van Furniture – Founded in 1959 in Warren, MI, and operated over 300 stores and outlets in 7 states. On March 5, 2020, Art Van Furniture announced it would liquidate all of their company owned stores and file for chapter 11 bankruptcy.
Art Van Furniture store, Ann Arbor, MI, 2010. Archie "Art" Van Elslander founded Art Van in 1959, opening his first store in a 4,000 square-foot space at 10 Mile Road and Gratiot Avenue in East Detroit. [3] He expanded to three stores in that same year, and a fourth store opened in 1960. His first employee was not hired until this time. [4]
Grisdale's Department Store, Bay City, Michigan [234] Hale's Department Store, South Haven, 154 years. [235] Heavenrich's Saginaw. [200] Herpolsheimer's, (Grand Rapids, Muskegon), sold to Lazarus in 1988. Also a location in Battle Creek.. [203] Heyn's Department Store Detroit. [236] Himelhoch's , filed for Chap. 11 in 1979. Founded in Caro, MI ...
(The Grand Rapids Lazarus stores, converted from the Herpolsheimer's name in late 1987, were shuttered in September 1990.) In 1989, Lazarus' sprawling downtown Columbus flagship store became one of the three anchors of Columbus City Center mall, when developer Taubman Centers constructed a pedestrian skywalk to it over South High Street.
After Van Raalte took over in 1922, the brand was modified and somewhat simplified, with the text “LIMBERT FURNITURE, TRADEMARK, BY VAN RAALTE CRAFTSMEN, GRAND RAPIDS & HOLLAND MICHIGAN”. By 1928 the brand was called “The Crest of Quality”, and was applied to furniture in a gold and black sticker form. [2]
The oldest sons opened a small furniture shop in 1864, with the other two brothers joining them around when the war ended. Brother George Widdicomb died in March 1866. In 1868 the store had grown considerably and was moved to a new location in Grand Rapids. They had 25 employees. T.F. Richards came into business with the sons on January 1, 1869.
The Steelcase Plants No. 2 and 3 complex contains four buildings: a single-story brick factory building with a monitor roof constructed in 1908, a four-story brick industrial loft-type factory building constructed between 1926 and 1930, a brick power plant also constructed in 1926, and a single-story concrete block building constructed in 1953.
The Peck Block is a commercial building located at 34-50 Monroe Center NW in Grand Rapids, Michigan. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2000. [ 1 ] The building has been rehabilitated to house condos on the upper floors.