19 Thursday Jan 2023
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J. C. Penney Corporation
Built in 1941.
JCPenney moved into this building in the early 1940s. Children were fascinated by the store’s clear tubes that delivered customers payments to cash registers centrally located on the building’s mezzanine floor.
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9056 West 2700 South in Magna, Utah
09 Wednesday Nov 2022
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Helper Securities Block
This one-story red brick commercial block was built by Helper Securities in 1927 and contained seven businesses. The northern section originally housed the J.C. Penney store managed by M. P. Street. Just south, the Safeway store was operated during the early 1930s. South of Safeway was Central Cleaners, first owned by E. E. Iwanoto during c.1933-70. The southern portion of the building was occupied by a drugstore during the early 1930s. A similar Helper Securities building containing five businesses was also built in 1927 on the south end of this block.
115 South Main Street in Helper, Utah
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03 Thursday Nov 2022
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Carbon County, Furniture Stores, Helper, Helper Historic District, Historic Buildings, Hotels, JCPenney, NRHP, utah
Helper Furniture and Hardware
This building was constructed in 1919 out of brick and stone rubble salvaged from the burned Double Rock store. Helper Furniture and Hardware Company, a business started by Mike Bergera and purchased by Joe and John Quilico in 1923, was located on the first floor. The original J. C. Penney store in Helper was also located on the first floor. The Hotel Utah, operated in the 1930s by D. C. Cavenah, was located on the second floor. This two-story commercial building contributes to the historic character of the Helper National Register Historic District.
76 South Main Street in Helper, Utah
16 Saturday Apr 2022
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J. C. Penney Company, JCPenney, originally the Golden Rule Store is a department store with at one point 1,600 stores in 49 states.
In 1898 James Cash Penney went to work for Thomas Callahan and Guy Johnson and their Golden Rule dry goods stores, in 1902 he opened a store in Kemmerer, Wyoming and by 1907 he bought Thomas and Guy out of their stores.
Listed below are the J.C. Penney locations I’ve documented: