Watertown NY ~ Entrance ~ Empsalls Department Store ~ Closed

            Empsall was a dry goods merchant in North Adams, Massachusetts when he purchased the Roth Dry Goods Store in the newly constructed Rothstock (Brighton) Building on Court Street in 1907. Empsall then sold all of his business interests in North Adams and moved permanently to Watertown. Empsall closed the Roth Store and after several months of renovations, opened Empsalls Department Store, which became an immediate success. Empsall later expanded his mercantile interests by taking ownership of several neighboring business on Court Street, including the Samuel Felt Drug Company and the Scott Brothers Men's Clothing and Furniture Store.
The eight story Rothstock Building was erected on Court Street in Watertown in 1906. The art deco building, which later became known as the Brighton, was home to Watertown's famous Empsall's Department Store for over 70 years.

The two bottom floors once occupied by Empsall's have since then been home to many businesses since the department store closed in the early 1990's.

Taken in: United States / New York / Watertown (show map)

Taken on: February 11, 2013

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