Sibley, Lindsay & Curr Co. may have started as a simple dry goods store in 1868 at 73 Main Street. Still, following a devastating fire in 1904, it was rebuilt and eventually became the largest department store between New York City and Chicago. Join us as we learn the history of this iconic store and the legacy and memories it left behind. Please share your memories of Sibley’s on either our Facebook page from the event or on the YouTube video for a sense of engagement it helps out a lot to get people to engage with us this will be one of the pages that will allow commenting on.
Sibley, Lindsay & Curr Company, known informally as Sibley’s, was a Rochester, New York–based department store chain with stores located exclusively in the state of New York. Its flagship store, at 228 East Main Street in downtown Rochester, also housed its headquarters and featured an elegant executive dining room on the top floor.
Donovan Shilling, a native of Fairport, has written more than a dozen books about the history of Rochester. He is a retired middle school science teacher and administrator, has taught classes on local history to adults at the Rochester Museum and Science Center for more than 20 years, and is a long-time member of the Greece Historical Society.
