Chain: Pearl’s Department Stores, Inc.
Date Opened: July 1979
Date Closed: When Pearl’s Department Stores, Inc. shut down operation in 1988.
Street Address(es) when open (Building name/block) [Current Address]: 74 Main Street (Brennen Block c. 1875) [85 Main Street] The building is documented the National Register of Historic Places – Inventory Form from 1988.
National Register of Historic Places Inventory – Nomination Form – Poultney VT
Former Store(s) in Location(s): A&P Grocery Store
Later Store(s) in Location(s): Mart’s Sporting Goods (There in 2021)
Buildings still exist?: Yes
Owners, Managers, Employees:
Subsequent Owners if sold: Closed, not sold.
Articles, Pictures, Ads:
Pearl’s Poultney -Watch for Ad (The Granville Sentinel 1979-05-17 p3)
Pearl’s Poultney -Sale In June (The Granville Sentinel 1979-05-24 p3)
Pearl’s Poultney -Sale In June (The Granville Sentinel 1979-05-31 p3)
Pearl’s Poultney -Sale In June (The Granville Sentinel 1979-06-07 p5)
Pearl’s Poultney -Sale In June (The Granville Sentinel 1979-06-21 p11)
Pearl’s Poultney – Grand Opening sale (The Granville Sentinel 1979-06-28 p6)
Pearl’s Poultney – Grand Opening sale (The Granville Sentinel 1979-07-05 p10)
Pearl’s Poultney – Back to School sale (The Granville Sentinel 1979-08-23 p10)
Pearl’s Poultney – Ad (The Granville Sentinel 1979-11-08 p10)
Pearl’s Poultney – Ad (The Granville Sentinel 1980-04-17 p10)
Pearl’s Poultney – Ad (The Granville Sentinel 1980-12-18 p6)
Pearl’s Poultney – Ad (The Granville Sentinel 1981-05-07 p6)
Pearl’s Poultney – 3% Sales tax (The Granville Sentinel 1981-06-18 p6)
Pearl’s Poultney – Back to School (The Granville Sentinel 1981-08-20 p6)
Pearl’s Poultney – Back to School (The Granville Sentinel 1981-09-10 p6)
Pearl’s Poultney – Shop Now Christmas (The Granville Sentinel 1981-10-29 p6)
Pearl’s Poultney – Ad (The Granville Sentinel 1981-11-05 p6)
Pearl’s Poultney – Ad (The Granville Sentinel 1981-11-12 p6)
Pearl’s Poultney – Shop Now Christmas (The Granville Sentinel 1981-11-19 p6)
Pearl’s Poultney – Shop Now Christmas (The Granville Sentinel 1981-12-10 p7)
Pearl’s Poultney – Snow Fest (The Granville Sentinel 1982-01-28 p12)
Pearl’s Poultney – Ad with Whitehall (The Granville Sentinel 1985-05-15 p20)
Pearl’s Poultney – Coupon – Also Whitehall (The Granville Sentinel 1987-02-18 p9)
Pearl’s Poultney – Coupon – Also Whitehall (The Granville Sentinel 1987-04-01 p5)
Pearl’s Poultney – Easter ad – Also Whitehall (The Granville Sentinel 1987-04-01 p5)
Pearl’s Poultney – Coupon – Also Whitehall (The Granville Sentinel 1987-04-08 p9)
Pearl’s Poultney – Coupon – Also Whitehall (The Granville Sentinel 1987-04-15 p14)
Pearl’s Poultney – Coupon – Also Whitehall (The Granville Sentinel 1987-04-22 p9)
Pearl’s Poultney – Coupon – Also Whitehall (The Granville Sentinel 1987-06-10 p7)
Pearl’s Poultney – Coupon – Also Whitehall (The Granville Sentinel 1987-06-17 p10)
Pearl’s Poultney – Coupon – Also Whitehall (The Granville Sentinel 1987-06-24 p6)
Pearl’s Poultney – Ad with 20 stores (The Granville Sentinel 1987-07-01 p2)
Pearl’s Poultney – Coupon – Also Whitehall (The Granville Sentinel 1987-07-08 p9) JICNote: Note expiration date of coupon is before publication date.
Pearl’s Poultney -Ad with 20 stores (The Granville Sentinel 1987-08-05 p6)
Pearl’s Poultney -Coloring Contest (The Granville Sentinel 1987-08-19 p7)
Pearl’s Poultney -Back to School (The Granville Sentinel 1987-09-02 p5)
Pearl’s Poultney – Existing Building- Closeup (Google Earth 2021)
Pearl’s Poultney – Existing Building (Google Earth 2021)
Recollections: JICNote: I visited Poultney on June 23, 2021. Spoke to daughter’s of owner of Williams Hardware Store which is to the left of the store They remember shopping there for school clothes. Spoke to employees of Mart’s Sporting Goods who remembered store and some of the managers.