Wednesday, October 5, 2011

F. W. Wurzburg Co., Grand Rapids, Michigan


Wurzburg's remodeled the building formerly
occupied by Herpolsheimer's in 1951.


The 'new' Wurzburg's was a collection of several older buildings,
as well as a "Parking Pavilion" across Ottawa Avenue NW.

Wurzburg's - The Heart of Grand Rapids


F. W. Wurzburg Co. (1872)
101-13 Monroe NW
Grand Rapids, Michigan

GL 9-5100



Downstairs
Snack Bar • Wurzburg Budget Store

Street Floor
Fine Jewelry • Diamonds • Clocks • Jewelry • Handbags • Small Leather Goods • Gloves • Hosiery • Fashion Accessories • Hat Bar • Buy of the Town Sportswear • Buy of the Town Dresses • Buy of the Town Shoes • Campus Shoes • Cosmetics • Charles of the Ritz Powder Bar • Notions • Closet Shop • Camera Center • Optical Equipment • Gift Wrapping • S&H Green Stamp Service Center • Candy • Bake Shop • Epicure Shop • Fountain Lunch • The Campau Room
Louis Street Books • Magazine Center • Stationery
Store for Men Men's Furnishings • Smoke Shop

Balcony
Store for Men Sportswear Shop for Men • Shoe Shop for Men • Men's Hats • The Clothes Horse for Young Men

Second Floor
Sportswear • House and Town Dresses • Better Dresses • Hat Salon • Wig Salon • Suits • Four Seasons Shop Coats • The Colony Shop • The Cranbrook Room • Shoe Salon • Bridal Salon • Beauty Salon • Fur Salon • Photo Studio
Young Michigan Shop Junior Sportswear • Junior Dresses • Junior Coats
Store for Men Men's Suits • Men's Coats

Third Floor
Fabrics • Sewing Machines • Blouse Bar • Lingerie • Foundations • Sleepwear • Robes • Daytime Dresses • Uniforms
Young World Infants' Wear • Infants' FurniturevToddlers' Wear • Girls' 3-6X Wear • Girls' 7-14 Wear • The Clothes Tree for Young Teens • Children's Shoes • Boys' Wear 4-7 • Boys' Wear 8-20

Fourth Floor
Silver • China • Glassware • Table Linens • Art Gifts • Bedding • Bath Shop • Art Needlework • Curtains • Draperies • Floor Coverings

Fifth Floor
Luggage • Vacuum Cleaners • Radios • Televisions • Phonographs • Records • Furniture • Sleep Shop • Grand Rapids Furniture Galleries • Lamps • Pictures • Mirrors

Sixth Floor
Housewares Center • Model Kitchen • Garden Shop • Appliance Center • Magicolor Paints • Toys • Sporting Goods • Kennel Shop • Auditorium

Seventh Floor
Offices

Eighth Floor
Offices

Ninth Floor
Offices

Tenth Floor
Telephone Operator

Parking Pavilion
Tire and Auto Service Center • TV Center
(293,000 s.f.)

Lansing's F.N. Arbaugh company was founded in 1891, but
the buildings it occupied dated from 1905 and 1909


In 1953, Sperry & Hutchinson Corp.  (S&H Grren Stamps),
owner of Wurzburg's, purchased Arbaugh's in Lansing. The
tore operated under that name until another change of
ownership in 1969, when it became Wurzburg's

Wurzburg's anchored the southern end of Lansing's
Washington Ave. shopping district.




F.N. Arbaugh Co. (1891/1905/1909)
401 S. Washington Avenue
Lansing, Michigan

IVanhoe 2-1141

First Floor
Fine Jewelry • Diamonds • Clocks • Jewelry • Handbags • Small Leather Goods • Gloves • Hosiery • Fashion Accessories • Hat Bar • Buy of the Town Shop • Cosmetics • Charles of the Ritz Powder Bar • Notions • Closet Shop • Camera Center • Optical Equipment • Gift Wrapping • Candy • Bake Shop • Epicure Shop • Stationery • Books
Men's Store Men's Furnishings • Smoke Shop • Men's Sportswear • Men's Clothing • Men's Shoes • Men's Hats • The Clothes Horse for Young Men
Breezeway
S&H Green Stamp Service Center • Casual Furniture
Street Floor Annex
Housewares Center • Model Kitchen • Garden Center • Appliance & TV Center • Magicolor Paints • Toys • Sporting Goods • Kennel Shop • Luggage

Mezzanine
The Village Kitchen

Second Floor
Sportswear • House and Town Dresses • Better Dresses • Hat Salon • Wig Salon • Shoe Salon • Suits • Four Seasons Shop Coats • The Village Shop • The Cranbrook Room • Shoe Salon • Bridal Salon • Beauty Salon • Fur Salon • Beauty Salon
Young Lansing Shop Junior Sportswear • Junior Dresses • Junior Coats

Third Floor
Fashion Fabrics • Sewing Machines • Art Needlework  • Blouse Bar • Lingerie • Foundations • Sleepwear • Robes • Daytime Dresses • Uniforms
Young World Infants' Wear • Infants' FurniturevToddlers' Wear • Girls' 3-6X Wear • Girls' 7-14 Wear • The Clothes Tree for Young Teens • Children's Shoes • Boys' Wear 4-7 • Boys' Town

Fourth Floor
Silver • China • Glassware • Table Linens • Art Gifts • Domestics • Bath Shop • Pictures • Mirrors • Lamps • Stereo-Hi-Fi Shop • Records

Fifth Floor
Furniture • Sleep Shop • Grand Rapids Furniture Galleries • Curtains • Draperies • Floor Coverings

(101,000 s.f.)





Southland
28th St. at Michael, Wyoming
1964



Eastbrook
28th St. at E. Beltline
1966

Lansing Mall
Delta Township
(Lansing, MI)
1969
110,000 s.f.



North Kent Mall
Plainfield
August, 1970


Maple Hill Mall
Kalamazoo, MI
August, 1971


Westwood Mall
Jackson, MI
1972
Coming in Due Course

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