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| In 1928, the Bon Marche left its old location on 2nd Street and moved to this new four-story building, designed in a rich art-deco style, designed by noted architect John Graham Sr. |
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| In the mid-1950s, four more floors were added to the Bon Marche's Seattle flagship, making it the largest department store on the west coast. |
Third and Pine
Seattle, Washington 98181
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Street Floor Fine Jewelry • Silver Shop • Costume Jewelry • Cosmetics • Toiletries • Fashion Accessories • Discovery Shop • Handbags • Small Leather Goods • Gloves • Umbrellas • Handkerchiefs • Hosiery • Almost Shoes • Neckwear • Handkerchiefs • Shoes • Casual Shoes • The Shop for Pappagallo • Blouses • Main Floor Sportswear • Emphasis 1 • Camera Shop • Luggage • Notions • Stationery • Men’s Sportswear • Men's Pacesetter • Men’s Furnishings • Men’s Toiletries • Men’s Sweaters • Men’s Sport Shirts • Men’s Leisurewear • Tiger Shop • California Shop • Men’s Corner • Men’s Shoes
South Mezzanine
Men’s Clothing • Men’s Hats
North Balcony
Sportsmen’s Shop • Ski Shop
Second Floor
Fashion Circle The Northwest Room • Northwest Shoe Room • Fur Salon • Bridal Salon • Designer Coats and Suits • Young Couture Shop • After Five Shop • Plaza 66 • House and Town Shop • Women’s Shop • Ms. Bon Dresses • Ms. Bon Dresses • Ms. Bon Coats • Suede & Leather • Sportswear Now • Accent Shop • Esprit • Paragon Collections • Ms. Paragon • Contempo Shop • Pacesetter Shop • Inexpensive Dresses • Millinery • Wig Salon
Junior Fashion Center Junior Sportswear • Junior Dresses • Junior Coats • Junior Intimate Apparel • The Cube
Third Floor
Foundations • Corset Salon • Lingerie • Loungewear • Robe Shop • Photo Studio • Beauty Salon
Children’s World Infants’ and Children’s Wear • Infants’ Furniture • Children’s Shoes • Girls’ Wear • Chattery Shop • Boys’ Wear • Tiger Shop • Toys
Fourth Floor
Fabrics • Sewing Center • Art Needlework • Linens and Bedding • China • Glassware • Gift Shop • Lamps • Pictures • Mirrors
Fifth Floor
Furniture • Sleep Shop • Interior Decorating Studio • Floor Coverings • Personnel Office
Sixth Floor
Housewares • Small Appliances • Creative Kitchen • Party Shop • The Four Corners • Hardware • Green House • Garden Center • Appliances • Paint Center • Television • Radio • Records • Books • Coins and Stamps • Cascade Room • Men’s Grill • Jet Room • Sky Terrace • The Corner House • Bon Voyage Travel
Seventh Floor
Around-the-World Shop • Trim-the-Home Shop
Wholesale Contract Division
Eighth Floor
Photograph Studio • Offices
(878,000 sq. ft.)
Street Floor
Second Floor
Third Floor
Fifth Floor
Sixth Floor
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| Spokane Main at Wall 1947 357,000 s.f. The Palouse Room |
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| Everett 2804 Wetmore St. 1949 (Acquired Rumbaugh-MacLain Co.) 80,000 s.f. |
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| Northgate April 21,1950/November 1963 303,000 s.f. The Legend Room The Corner House |
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| Walla Walla 1951 (Acquired A.M. Jensen Co.) 55,000 s.f. |
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| Longview 1952 (Acquired The Merk) 70,000 s.f. |
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| Yakima 1953 (Acquired Barnes-Woodin Co.) 110,000 s.f. |
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| Eugene, OR 1954 98,000 s.f. |
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| Ogden, UT 1955 (Acquired C.C. Anderson Co.) The Redwood Room |
Pendleton, OR
1956
32,000 sq. ft.
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| Bellingham 114 West Magnolia St. 1957 )Acquired Montague-McHugh Co) 57,000 s.f. |
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| Boise, ID August 12, 1962 (Acquired C. C. Anderson Co.) 918 W. Idaho St. 118,000 s.f. |
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| Idaho Falls, ID August 12,1962 (Acquired C. C. Anderson Co.) 46,000 s.f. |
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Lewiston, ID
510 Main Street
August 16, 1962
(Acquired C. C. Anderson Co.)
40,000 s.f.
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| Tacoma Mall August, 1964 257,000 s.f. The Legend Room The Men's Grill The Corner House |
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| Southcenter Tukwila July, 1968 260,000 s.f. The Legend Room The Men's Grill The Corner House |
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| Columbia Center Pasco/Richland/Kennewick July, 1969 107,000 s.f. |
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Twin Falls, ID
April 5, 1972
(acquired C.C. Anderson Co.)
40,000 sq. ft.
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| Karcher Mall Nampa, ID August 3,1973 60,000 s.f. |
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Sea-Tac Mall (1977)
Federal Way, WA
141,000 sq. ft.
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Everett Mall (1977)
Everett, WA
113,000 sq. ft.
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Olympia (1978)
Capital Mall
81,000 sq. ft.
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Lewiston, ID
Lewiston Center
July 24, 1978
44,000 sq. ft.
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Great Falls, MT
(Acquired The Paris Dry Goods Co.1978)
321 Central Avenue
85,000 sq. ft.
The Parisian Room
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| Missoula, MT 110 N. Higgins Avenue (Acquired Missoula Mercantile Co. 1978) 113,000 s.f. |
Moscow, ID
Palouse Empire Mall
October 3, 1979
37,400 sq. ft.
Lynwood, WA
Alderwood Mall
October 4, 1979
221,000 s.f.
Alderwood Mall
October 4, 1979
221,000 s.f.
Logan, ID
36,000 sq. ft.
Bozeman, MT
32,000 sq. ft.
my favorite store in seattle, so incredibly beautiful-wonderful sales people
ReplyDeleteKyle says:
ReplyDeleteWhy no interior pictures to preserve history?
I miss the Bon with is was still around.
ReplyDeleteI love the Bon! When Macy's took over...I felt like crying. My fondest memories of the Bon were at Soutcenter Mall in Tukwila, WA. Now when I walk in there....I feel so empty. But the layout is still the same....so the memories just keep flooding back.
ReplyDeleteIf Macy's had to take over the store..can't they just leave the name? When they change the name, they are essentially wiping out many peoples history and generations of memories.
Couldn't they just call it The Bon Marche (a division of Macys) ???
Hello Again,
ReplyDeleteHello,
I hope the website remodeling is going well. I was checking on mine (The MALL HALL OF FAME) and found some The Bon Marche info you might want to add to this article.
THE BON MARCHE BRANCH STORES:
-Washington State-
Seattle, Washington
Northgate Center (April 21, 1950)
303,000 sq. ft.
Legend Room
Tacoma, Washington
Tacoma Mall (August 1964)
257,000 sq. ft.
Legend Room_Men's Grill-Corner House
Tukwila, Washington
SouthCenter Mall (July 31, 1968)
260,000 sq. ft.
Legend Room-Men's Grill-Corner House
Lynwood, Washington
Alderwood Mall (October 4, 1979)
221,000 sq. ft.
Bellevue, Washington
Bellevue Square (1984)
180,000 sq. ft.
Spokane, Washington
NorthTown Mall (July 28, 1993)
101,200 sq. ft.
-Opened in 1962 as The Crescent, rebranded by Frederick and Nelson in 1988-
-Oregon-
Eugene, Oregon
Valley River Center (August 1, 1990)
124,000 sq. ft.
-Idaho-
Nampa, Idaho
Karcher Mall (August 3, 1973)
60,000 sq. ft.
Lewiston, Idaho
Lewiston Center (July 24, 1978)
44,000 sq.ft.
-Opened in 1965 as a Tempo variety store, Rebranded as Rasco-Tempo in 1969--
Moscow, Idaho
Palouse Empire Mall (October 3, 1979)
37,400 sq. ft.
Keep up the GREAT work!
The Curator
Your missing the Beautiful Bon Marche at Boise Town Square in Idaho opened in 1988 and the very last Bon Marche was opened in Redmond WA in the mid 2000's
ReplyDeleteJuly 2003 to be exact.
DeleteLooks so luxurious and amazing property building.
ReplyDeleteLooking for a book, promotional I think. 1960's.It is called Sandy the Sandman. From Bon Marche? Anyone know? It was stop action figures I think...
ReplyDeleteMore great department store images and I see you've even been to my photo album of https://picasaweb.google.com/112207903936882100089/DowntownSeattle1978# with the two mature women at the jewelry counter of the Seattle Bon Marche.
ReplyDeletethese pictures bring back many memories of shopping with my grandmother-thx
ReplyDeleteThere was a beautiful downtown store in Great Falls, Montana. The building has been turned into offices for some kind of call center.
ReplyDeleteThe store in Federal Way is still there, but of course it's now just Macy's. Very sad to have the name wiped out.
ReplyDeleteIt was Bon-Macy's for awhile, but when they changed the name we knew it would eventually be just Macy's.
Everyone I know still calls it the Bon, though.
I would like to make the walnut bread they used in one of the restaurants to make a walnut-chicken sandwich.
ReplyDeleteThe Great Falls store was originally The Paris. In the early 20th Century, Eugene, Oregon had The Bon Marche, but was not likely to be affiliated with the Seattle Bon Marche. There was also one in Sacramento which I know was definitely not affiliated. In 1980, they opened four stores in the following Oregon cities and malls: Bend - Bend River Mall, Coos Bay/North Bend - Pony Village Mall, Roseburg - Roseburg Valley Mall, and Salem - Lancaster Mall.
ReplyDeletehow about up until 2003?
Deletemaybe until 2005 for branch stores
DeleteThe Department Store Museum concerns itself mainly with the history of stores up until the late 1970s. After that, the slide to where the industry is now became very apparent. Stores during these later periods may be mentioned in the overall histories I am slowly adding.
DeleteThe Bon Marche in downtown Eugene, Oregon was originally Russell's Dept store in the 1950's until purchased by Bon Marche. It was known as Bon Marche Russell's and finally as just The Bon Marche. That was the last store in Oregon due to a gentlemen's agreement between Meier & Frank and Bon Marche not to build in the other's trade region. The Bon stayed in Washington and M & F stayed in Oregon.
ReplyDeleteMy grandfather was a finish carpenter did woodwork in original Bon March Seattle. Does anyone know if it's still there?
ReplyDeleteBought my first pair of jeans there.
ReplyDeleteThe Bon Marche in downtown Eugene, Oregon always put up a beautiful Christmas display on the outside of their building. All white lights draping the sides leading up to a giant 3 dimensional star at the top of the corner of the building. As a young boy I was so taken by that star that I would climb up on a kitchen cabinet when we got home and I could just see that star!
ReplyDeleteI do remember the beautiful White Christmas Star, beautiful. I also remember eating at the restaurant in the basement so many times. I always had their chocolate icebox cake. I have looked for that recipe for so long and can't find anything like it. I was hoping to find a menu that might describe it. Anyone?
ReplyDeleteDoes anyone remember the plain cheesecake sold in the bakery? Dense and heavy, yet creamy. I have never had another that compares and I crave it. Does anyone have the recipe????
ReplyDeleteI don't know about the cheesecake sadly. I did post in hopes of finding the recipe for their Chocolate Icebox Cake rolled in graham cracker crumbs served at the Eugene location. Memories of riding the escalator down to that restaurant. Yumm
DeleteBest memory of the down town Bon was getting my hair done by Mr. Larry in the design room
ReplyDelete, incredibly handsome and so talented and so very nice .
Wish it was still yesterday .
I live in a victorian farmhouse that features hardwood floors throughout that was originally the flooring from the Bon Marche in Moscow, ID. If anyone has any historical pictures, stories, etc I would be interested in hearing from you.
ReplyDeleteDoes anyone know which Bon store housed an art gallery called The Chinook Room Gallery? Time period is early 1960s. Thank you!
ReplyDeleteEnd of an era. The Bon Marché (aka Macy's) flagship store in downtown Seattle will close forever this coming February. It is already a shell of its former self, with only the grand first floor, the second floor, and the basement still being used for retail. The upper floors are now part of the Amazon mega-empire. The building will be sold. At least the original Bon Marché signage and ornate grill work around the perimeter of the building over the first floor windows will remain. I'm not sure of the fate of the monumental sculptured panels which extend from the first floor to the basement (near the escalators). With the great, ever-lamented Frederick & Nelson (which was everything a department store should be) also history, only Nordstrom (housed in the terra cotta F&N building) remains in the retail core of Seattle.
ReplyDeleteAre there any photos of the Bon Marche store that was in Winston Salem, N. C.? I used to go in there when growing up in that town. It was so beautiful. That was in the 60's.
ReplyDeleteBellevue, WA
ReplyDeleteBellevue Square
150,000 sq. ft.
August 18, 1984
I've got vintage gift boxes from The Bon Marche that I found in my mother's attic. They were likely my grandmother's. They only reference Seattle, Everett & Northgate on the boxes. So I'm guessing circa 1950! My mother was 18 that year. She recalls my grandmother taking her via ferry to shop at The Bon Marche downtown Seattle, as a child. Later in the 60's when I came along, my grandmother, mother and I continued the ritual.
ReplyDeleteDoes anyone have a good picture of the old gray or beige, hump-backed, Charge-a-plate imprinters?
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