This black and white photo, from the Grand Rapids Public Museum Cillections, shows the street-level facade of Wurzburg’s Department Store on lower Monroe in Grand Rapids. The awning over the store entrance is decorated with garlands, pine boughs, and reindeer figures. The large display windows are visible between the two double-doored entrances.
Wurzburg’s Department Store was founded by Frederick W. Wurzburg in October of 1872. Two of Frederick’s sons, William and Edmund, went on to run the store which took over the old Herpolsheimer’s location on Monroe in 1951. The Wurzburg’s would open several other branch stories including one in the Wyoming Village Mall, now called 28 West Place. The department store closed in 1972.
