Woodward and Lothrop The Boston Store’s Rise in DC
The Woodward and Lothrop firm, long established in Boston suburbs, built a Washington DC retail power. From a Chelses start in 1869 to 705 Market Street, the pair expanded to occupy the entire block bounded by Tenth to Eleventh and F to G streets, with a modern eight story fireproof building on Thirteenth and F. The partners, W Woodward and Lothrop, born in Maine and Massachusetts, built a store famed for quality stock from New York and Paris, extensive continental connections, and constant customer focus. Their removal from the Penn Avenue trade district proved wise as DC’s retail center shifted to F Street, cementing their place as a leading Capital City department store.
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Mr. Lothrop
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Woodward & Lothrop
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Chetsaw
New York
Ohio
Washington
Chelses
Pennsylvania Avenue
Ninth and
Tenth Streets
Adama Express Company
Patent Office
Treasury’ Department
Avenue
Thirteenth
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Paris
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Damariscotta
Lincoln County
Frank FH. Converse
Camartecotta
Stepard Bros
Cushing & Ames
Lothrop
South “Acton
Lansburgh & Bro
Ibis
Gustav
James Lensburgh
Baltimore
Seventh Street
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Washington Post's 32 Years Grow With City Merchants
The piece traces The Post's early Washington patrons in 1877 and the city's retail boom. Lansburgh & Bro and Saks & Co grow from small rooms to major establishments as Washington transforms from a wartime market to a modern commercial hub. It highlights Galt jewelers, May hardware, Browning grocery, and Saks banking ties, noting long-running family firms and urban expansion.
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Baltimore
Philadelphia
John Wanamaker
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Potomac
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Oat & Bro
Norman Galt
Henry 0. Bergheimer
F. P. May & Co
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