Chappell's

C. E. Chappell & Sons, Inc.

Type	Department store
Industry	Retail
Founded	1896
Headquarters	North Syracuse, New York
Key people	Charles A. Chappell, Jr.; Donald E. Chappell; Charles Chappell III; Earl Sherlock
Products	Clothing, footwear, jewelry, beauty products, and housewares.
Website	None

Chappell's was a family-owned department store chain based in Syracuse, New York. It opened in 1896 and remained in business until 1994. At its peak, it operated ten stores in the Syracuse area, Watertown and Massena.

In January 1992, the corporation filed for bankruptcy protection under Chapter 11. As part of reorganization, four of the stores closed.^[1] Under pressure from creditors, chairman Charles A. Chappell, Jr., grandson of the founder, sold the company and remaining six stores to Bon-Ton Stores in October 1994.^[2]

Locations

• Syracuse Downtown
• Northern Lights Plaza - closed 1985
• Penn Can Mall - opened 1985, replaced Northern Lights Mall location. Closed 1995, became Caldor.
• Shoppingtown Mall - Became The Bon-Ton, now vacant.
• Camillus Mall - became The Bon-Ton
• Great Northern Mall - opened 1994 in former Addis & Dey's, replacing the Penn Can store; became The Bon-Ton 1995, closed 2006.
• Carousel Center - opened 1990. Became The Bon-Ton. Bon-Ton closed here March 2016.
• Shop City
• Western Lights Plaza
• Shops at Seneca Mall
• Fingerlakes Mall Auburn, NY - became Peebles, later Steve & Barry's, now used as a community center.
• Salmon Run Mall Watertown, NY - now The Bon-Ton
• St. Lawrence Centre Massena, NY - now The Bon-Ton

References

1. "Company News: Chappell Retail Chain Gets Credit Agreement". The New York Times. NYTimes.com. 6 May 1992. Retrieved 2012-02-02.
2. Charley Hannagan (19 October 1994). "The Bon-Ton Inc. Buys Chappell's Department Store for $7.9 Million". The Post-Standard. Syracuse: Highbeam. Retrieved 2012-02-02.

External links

• Link to image of Chappell's store front in Penn Can Mall - Cicero, New York