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'''Oberdorfer's''' was a department store located in downtown Charlottesville in the 19th and 20th centuries located at [[301 East Main Street]] .<ref name="thennow">{{cite web|title=|url=http://charlottesvillethenandnow.blogspot.com/2012/08/oberdorfers.html|author=Steve Trumbull|work=|publisher=Charlottesville Then and Now|location=|publishdate=August 6, 2012|accessdate=August 8, 2012}}</ref> {{deadlink}} | '''Oberdorfer's''' was a department store located in downtown Charlottesville in the 19th and 20th centuries located at [[301 East Main Street]] .<ref name="thennow">{{cite web|title=|url=http://charlottesvillethenandnow.blogspot.com/2012/08/oberdorfers.html|author=Steve Trumbull|work=|publisher=Charlottesville Then and Now|location=|publishdate=August 6, 2012|accessdate=August 8, 2012}}</ref> {{deadlink}} | ||
In the beginning of the 21st century, the original building became the home of [[Rapture]] and Vivian's'. | |||
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==History== | ==History== | ||
[[image:Oberdorfer's.jpeg|thumb|left|The original Oberdorfer's store]]The Oberdorfers were a German-Jewish family that immigrated to the United States in the late 19th century. They moved to Charlottesville and opened a store at the northeastern corner of Third and East Main Streets. The moved into a new store at the same location in 1917. The building was purchased by W.T. Grant in the Great Depression | [[image:Oberdorfer's.jpeg|thumb|left|The original Oberdorfer's store]] | ||
[[image:1915-Oberdorfer's Dry Goods adv.JPG|thumb|left|Oberdorfer's store advertisement, 1914-15 Charlottesville City Directory.]] | |||
The Oberdorfers were a German-Jewish family that immigrated to the United States in the late 19th century. They moved to Charlottesville and opened a store at the northeastern corner of Third and East Main Streets. The business, managed by Philip B. Oberdorfer, moved into a new store at the same location in 1917. The building was purchased by W.T. Grant in the Great Depression (1929–1941). | |||
==References== | ==References== |
Revision as of 19:28, 3 July 2022
Oberdorfer's was a department store located in downtown Charlottesville in the 19th and 20th centuries located at 301 East Main Street .[1][dead link]
In the beginning of the 21st century, the original building became the home of Rapture and Vivian's'.
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History
The Oberdorfers were a German-Jewish family that immigrated to the United States in the late 19th century. They moved to Charlottesville and opened a store at the northeastern corner of Third and East Main Streets. The business, managed by Philip B. Oberdorfer, moved into a new store at the same location in 1917. The building was purchased by W.T. Grant in the Great Depression (1929–1941).