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Jordan Marsh (officially Jordan Marsh & Company) was an American department store chain that was headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts, and operated throughout New England. It was founded by Eben Dyer Jordan and Benjamin L. Marsh in 1841.
Julia Maria Jordan (b. 1852), who married Herbert Dumaresq in 1873; he was a cotton manufacturer and who later became a partner in Jordan, Marsh & Company. [9] Eben Dyer Jordan Jr. (1857–1916), who married May Sheppard (1861–1920), a daughter of Joseph Buzby Sheppard, in 1883. [10] Alice Madeline Jordan (1863–1935), who married the Rev ...
In 1841, Eben Jordan and Benjamin L. Marsh opened the first Jordan Marsh store as wholesalers, which later grew into a retail department store. Another major store, Filene's , was founded in 1881. Originally known as William Filene's Sons Co. the store expanded, opening the "Automatic Bargain Basement" in 1909.
Jordan Marsh. July 1970: Rhode Island Governor Frank Licht and Mrs. Licht, along with Mrs. Colwell and Mr. Lawrence Colwell, store manager, insoect displays at the new Jordan Marsh store in the ...
Gilchrist's (Boston) W. T. Grant, bankrupt in 1976, Fall River, Massachusetts, Somerset, Massachusetts; J.M. Fields, Fall River, Massachusetts Chelmsford, Massachusetts; Jordan Marsh (Boston), converted to Macy's in 1991 due to bankruptcy; Kennedy's of New England, Boston-based chain specializing in men & boy's clothing; closed 1980 [190]
Gilchrist's was a Boston department store. Its flagship store was at the intersection of Washington and Winter Streets, across from both Filene's and Jordan Marsh in Downtown Crossing. Gilchrist's was considered one of the big three stores (along with Filene's and Jordan Marsh) that dominated Boston's shopping district for so long. Gilchrist's ...
Filene's expanded into shopping malls throughout New England and New York in the later half of the twentieth century, and was rivaled by fellow Boston-based department store Jordan Marsh. Federated sold Filene's to The May Department Stores Company, and spun off Filene's Basement into a separate company, in 1988.
A redevelopment opened on the former site of Jordan Marsh on March 26, 2010. The center now holds 2,165,000 sq ft (201,100 m 2 ), making it New England's largest mall, and includes a newly constructed three-level, 150,000 sq ft (14,000 m 2 ) Nordstrom , though the Jordan Marsh building was four stories.