Where was Building 19 located?

The main store Building #19 moved from Derby Street in Hingham and was situated in Weymouth at the old Caldor/Zayre’s/Ames building on Massachusetts Route 18.

Does Building 19 still exist?

Building 19 was a chain of unique warehouse style New England discount stores that offered “good stuff cheap” for over 50 years before being forced into bankruptcy in 2013.

Who started Building 19?

The business got its start in 1964 when Harry Andler asked Ellis to check out some furniture at a store that had caught fire in Rhode Island. Andler, now deceased, and Ellis became 50-50 partners in the business.

Where was building 19 in Burlington VT located?

Too cheap to replace the “Building 19” sign, owner Jerry Ellis instead used the building number as the business name and it stuck. After opening a second store, Building 19 1/2 in Burlington, Ellis opened the Norwood store located in a 65,000 square foot building at 1450 Providence Highway and designated it Building 19 3/4.

Where was the Ellis store in Burlington located?

After opening a second store, Building 19 1/2 in Burlington, Ellis opened the Norwood store located in a 65,000 square foot building at 1450 Providence Highway and designated it Building 19 3/4. Ellis used humor in signs inside the store as well as in sale circulars.

When did the first building 19 store open?

The first store opened in 1965 in the Hingham Shipyard, where the warehouse buildings were numbered. Too cheap to replace the “Building 19” sign, owner Jerry Ellis instead used the building number as the business name and it stuck.

Where is building 19 in Hingham, MA?

The main Building #19 store was located in Hingham, Massachusetts; other stores had a numerical fraction appended to their name (such as Building #19½, in Burlington or Building #19¾, in Norwood).