Sibley's

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Sibley's

Type	former subsidiary of : Associated Dry Goods (1957) May Department Stores (1986)
Founded	1868
Headquarters	Rochester, New York
Industry	Retail
Products	apparel, shoes, household furnishings, accessories

Sibley, Lindsay & Curr Company, known informally as Sibley's was a Rochester, New York-based department store chain, with stores exclusively located in the state of New York.

[edit] History

Founded in 1868, the company was acquired by the Associated Dry Goods Corporation in 1957, which in turn was acquired by May Department Stores in 1986. The Sibley's name was merged into May's Kaufmann's name in 1990, with its flagship store at 228 East Main Street in downtown Rochester also closing by 1991. Most of its suburban locations which converted to Kaufmann's became Macy's by 2006.

[edit] Former locations

Henrietta — Southtown Plaza, opened in 1953, closed in 1982. It was replaced by a new store at The Marketplace Mall in 1982.
Webster — Eastway Plaza, closed in the late 1980s
Newark — Newark Plaza, closed in the late 1980s
Irondequoit — Irondequoit Plaza, closed in 1990. It was replaced by the area's first Kaufmann's store at the new Irondequoit Mall in 1990.
Greece — Greece Towne (later Greece Ridge) Mall, opened in 1967, converted to Kaufmann's in 1990,then converted to Macy's 2006. This store relocated to a more central location within the mall (a former McCurdy & Co. store) in 1995.
Victor — Eastview Mall, opened 1973, converted to Kaufmann's in 1991, converted to Macy's in 2006
Syracuse — South Salina Street, (dates unknown) Sibley's opened a new store in the former EW Edwards store, in Downtown Syracuse, sometime in the 1970s
Fayetteville — Fayetteville Mall, (dates unknown) Sibley's opened in this suburban Syracuse enclosed mall sometime in the 1970s. When the store closed, it was replaced by a Caldor, which also eventually closed.
Clay-Great northern Mall opened in the late 80's became Kaufmann's now Macy's

In the early 1980s, Associated Dry Goods, which owned Sibley's, merged its Buffalo, NY-based store, The William Hengerer Company into Sibley's. The following stores were picked up:

Buffalo — Downtown/Main Street, Former Hengerer's flagship; opened in 1903, became Sibley's in 1981, closed in 1987.
Amherst — Opened in the mid-1950s. This large free-standing location was located at the corner of Main Street and Eggert Road just beyond the city line. The building is still standing today and is used as offices. Closed in 1987.
Kenmore-Tonawanda — Sheridan Drive, Opened in 1955. The building is still standing today (vacant) at the corner of Sheridan and Delaware Road (not Avenue). After Sibley's closed in 1983, it was reconfigured into a Bells Supermarket (that location in particular was called "Bells Bazaar") and later a Quality Market.
Williamsville-Clarence — Eastern Hills Mall, Opened in 1971 as Hengerer's, it became Sibley's in 1981, Kaufmann's in 1990, and Macy's in 2006.
West Seneca — Seneca Mall. Opened in 1969 as Hengerer's, it became Sibley's in 1981. It was closed in the early 1989, replaced by two new stores at the Walden Galleria in Cheektowaga (opened late 1988), and the McKinley Mall in Hamburg (opened fall 1989).
Amherst — Boulevard Mall. Opened in 1983 as Sibley's in space formerly occupied by Sattler's. Became Kaufmann's in 1990, Macy's in 2006.
Cheektowaga — Walden Galleria. Opened in 1988 as Sibley's as the first store to open at the mall (prior to the rest of the mall opening in May 1989). Became Kaufmann's in 1990, Macy's in 2006.
Hamburg — McKinley Mall. Opened in 1989 as Sibley's. Became Kaufmann's in 1990, Macy's in 2006.