Description: 1900 DALLAS TEXAS LETTERHEAD HUEY & PHILP HARDWARE CO. DOWNTOWN DALLAS. THEY WERE AN OLD TIME HARDWARE WHOLESALER SERVING TEXAS. 2 PCS.HUEY & PHILIP WAS FOUNDED IN 1872. WENT OUT OF BUSINESS IN THE LATE 1970S.257 & 259 ELM ST. 256TO268 PACIFIC AVE J P KELLEY: SECRETARYJ W PHILIP: VPG A TRUMBULL: PRESIDENTTHE PICTURE IS OF THEIR DOWNTOWN DALLAS STORE FRONT, NOT INCLUDED SOLD TO DENTON HIGH SCHOOL HUEY AND PHILIP HARDWARE DALLAS TEXAS Businessman Joseph Huey and his younger associate Simon Philp had followed the railroad north, moving their hardware store every six months and growing their business. Once in Dallas, they established Huey & Philp Hardware Store on Elm Street in 1872, supplying the quickly growing city with iron, tin, barbed wire, cooking stoves and nails. Demand was so great that carpenters would line up along the sidewalk to buy their nails before working hours. The store also supplied new hotels with plates, pots and pans. As business grew, so did their stores: the third location was built on this site at Elm and Griffin Streets in 1881, but in 1912 a fire destroyed the store along with the entire stock of merchandise. Huey & Philp After the devastating 1912 fire, Griffin Street — long an important thoroughfare from the business district to the north side of town— was widened and a new “fireproof,” four-story concrete building (the basis of the present structure) rose on the site in 1913. The handsome brick and stone structure, designed by noted architects Lang & Witchell, became the new home for Huey & Philp, and was the largest building in Texas dedicated to the retail hardware business. The progressive retailer became a national model for other businesses of its kind. Tools and fixtures were artistically displayed in specially designed cases on the large ground floor, surrounded by balconies reaching higher shelves of surplus stock. Unlike other stores of the day, merchandise was not displayed higher or lower than could be seen by the customer, resulting in a well-organized, attractive shopping experience. The second floor contained appliances, hotel supplies, housewares and a women’s lounge (complete with telephones); the third floor showcased builders’ hardware and sample rooms; and the fourth floor displayed dairy and ice cream supply equipment. The building passed into the ownership of United Fidelity Life Insurance Company, an insurance company established in Dallas in 1920. The growing company opened offices on the third floor alongside Huey & Philp and Texas & Pacific. Huey & Philp closed their venerable store in 1934 to focus on growing their wholesale trade. The company’s large warehouses in the West End supplied hotels and other clients across the country for many decades. Huey and Philip went out of business in the late 1970s. SEE MY STORE: VINTAGE HARDWARE STORE COLLECTIBLES ORIGINAL, LETTERHEADS, BILLHEAD, BILLHEADS, HARDWARE. NORMAL AGING FOR THIS AGE,
Price: 4.99 USD
Location: Dallas, Texas
End Time: 2024-12-20T16:34:25.000Z
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