Industry | Department store retail |
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Founded | 1887 |
Founder | John Gillespy Myers
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Defunct | 1970 |
John G. Myers Company was a department store in Albany, New York built in 1887 and owned by John Gillespy Myers. [1] [2] The building where the store was located, a five-story structure at 39 N. Pearl St., collapsed on August 8, 1905 killing 13 people. [3] The collapse was the worst disaster of its kind in Albany's history at the time. [4] Charges of manslaughter and criminal negligence were made against the building's contractor, John Dyer Jr., and architect, Clark L. Daggett, but a grand jury failed to convict them and the charges were dropped. [2]
After the collapse the store reopened at 37 N. Pearl St. and stayed in business until 1970. [5]
Industry | Department store retail |
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Founded | 1887 |
Founder | John Gillespy Myers
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Defunct | 1970 |
John G. Myers Company was a department store in Albany, New York built in 1887 and owned by John Gillespy Myers. [1] [2] The building where the store was located, a five-story structure at 39 N. Pearl St., collapsed on August 8, 1905 killing 13 people. [3] The collapse was the worst disaster of its kind in Albany's history at the time. [4] Charges of manslaughter and criminal negligence were made against the building's contractor, John Dyer Jr., and architect, Clark L. Daggett, but a grand jury failed to convict them and the charges were dropped. [2]
After the collapse the store reopened at 37 N. Pearl St. and stayed in business until 1970. [5]