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| "The Store that Quality Built" |
Fifth Street at Washington
Springfield, Illinois
LAkeside 3-3661
Lower Level
Myers Brothers Budget Floor
Lower Level West
Sports Pro Shop • Toys
Street Floor
Fine Jewelry • Costume Jewelry • Handbags • Small Leather Goods • Gloves • Hosiery • Hat Bar • Accessory Carousel • Blouses • Street Floor Sportswear • Cosmetics • Women's Shoes • Shoe Salon
Men's Shop
Men's Furnishings • Men's Shoes
Street Floor West
Carriage Shop • Stationery • Luggage • Fabrics • Handicrafts • Linen Shop • Bath and Closet Shop • Home Furnishings • Gift Shop • Lamps • Pictures • Marble Shop • The Studio • Clocks • China
4th Street Alley
Books • Candy • Monsieur Gourmet Shop • Baskin-Robbins Ice Cream Shop • The Café • Wine and Liquor Shop • Flower Shop
Balcony
Portrait Studio • Yuletide Shop • Dairy Rose Restaurant • Credit Service
Second Floor
Men's Sportswear • Men's Clothing • Men's Outerwear • Executive Suite • Golden Key Shop • London West 1 • Boys' Shop • Young Men's Shop • Brass Lock
Second Floor West
Furniture Galleries • Carpet
Third Floor of Fashion
Dresses • Couturier Dresses • Half-Size Shop • Coats • Suits • Raincoats • Miss Myers Shop • Chatfield Room • Bridal Salon • Fur Salon • Millinery • Personnel
Third Floor West
Sportswear • Travel Headquarters
Fourth Floor
Lingerie • Foundations • At Home Wear • Daytime Shop • Beauty Salon • Hair '70s
Children's World
Infants' and Toddlers' Shop • Girls' Shop • Children's Shoes • Maternity Shop • The Place
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| White Oaks Springfield, Il August 5, 1977 100,000 s.f. Dairy Rose Restaurant |
Coming in due course.
I worked here for three years in the 1970s and thoroughly enjoyed the amazing architecture of the structure. Being a floater cashier, I worked in many departments within the store. When I worked in the Bridal Registry, I was amazed at the levels below the basement where the china/stemware was kept for each bride in sawdust bins. There was also a mezzanine for shoppers to enjoy lunch while overlooking the first floor selling level. Amazing building!
ReplyDeleteDo you remember name of restaurant?
ReplyDeleteLoved this store--every time we visited our family in town we went shopping at Myers. Great memories.
ReplyDeleteI have just acquired a 1970s xmas tree set w/ Classic Bavarian ornaments, Clear "Merry Midget" decorative lights, Musical rotating stand - Plays Silent Night and Ol come all Ye Faithful. MODEL CT-2. Bought from Myers Brothers, Springfield Illinois, Fifth and Washington. Still in original boxes and original shipping box, delivery tag still on. can anyone help me figure out what it was sold for back then? Please E=Mail me at Gmchristensen74@outlook.com
ReplyDeleteDear BAK, there is a short history of Myers of Springfield in this online article: http://sangamoncountyhistory.org/wp/?p=1631
ReplyDeleteThe store you show in the image is their second store. The first one had fewer levels, was built 1900-01, and opened March 1901 with a grand opening on April 6th. The building you show in the image was built in 1926. I have images of the Myers store I can email you. When you can, let me know your email address.
You can reach me at bakgraphics@comcast.net and I check that email address frequently.
ReplyDeleteThank you - Bruce
BAK - over at the Crossword Corner (https://crosswordcorner.blogspot.com/ 5/21/18) we were discussing department stores (Mens was the answer for Macy's department). My post included:
ReplyDeleteThe department store of my ute was Myers Brothers [with a link to here] - it was also an official BSA store so, in addition to Catholic uniforms, I got my sash & Merit Badges to sew on it there too.
My story is from the '70s when I lived in SPI as a wee lad living on N. 3rd. IIRC, Mom worked there at one point and Pop was just down the block at Thrifty Drugs.
Thanks for helping keep these stores' memories alive. -T
Thanks for the kind comment and the crossword connection. I hope what I have been able to post have stirred nostalgic feelings in you - I plan to have a history article written at some point, but this is a labor of love and takes a long time to accomplish. I was not a boy scout but certainly did also wear a Catholic uniform in my "ute."
ReplyDelete- Bruce
My grandfather's girlfriend was a buyer for Myers Brothers. Her name was Dell DePas, and she passed away when I was pretty small... late 60s, I think. I remember impressions of her more than I remember her in any concrete sense. But I recall that I thought she was beautiful, and soft, and she seemed very "big city fancy" to me. It's a lovely memory :)
ReplyDeletesuper place to work 1957s paul draper
ReplyDeleteMyers Bros. purchased Linn & Scruggs in Decatur, Illinois in the early '70s, and operated a Decatur store until 1979, when new owner P.A. Bergner & Co. opened a branch at Hickory Point Mall. Linn & Scruggs had branches in South Shores (Decatur) and Mattoon, Il.
ReplyDeleteMyers Bros. also operated a store in Lincoln, Illinois. My mother was the office manager at that location for many years while I was growing up and I was employed there as the store janitor for a couple years during high school.
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