This is the Hibbard's Building, which used to house Hibbard & Co., an old fashioned department store that operated for generations at this address on Tejon Street. Those of us who've lived here a long time can remember shopping there. Hibbard's carried clothes, jewelry, cosmetics, shoes... all the stuff you'd find at a modern day department store, but in a late 1800's building. Four floors of shopping, it was great! Hibbard's finally closed its doors in 1996. I did plenty of shopping there when it was still open, and I fondly remember the old fashioned elevator. I'm sad that Hibbard's has been turned into lofts and commercial space, but I have to admit that 1892 to 1996 was a pretty darn good run for a department store!
2 comments:
What a gorgeous building! I remember shopping in department stores like that when I was a kid. That was before there were malls.
I remember Hibbard's! My mom and I got my Campfire Girls uniform there.
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