Titche-Goettinger
{{Infobox company
| name = Titche-Goettinger
| logo = Titche's Department Store Logo.png
| logo_size = 200px
| type =
| fate = merged with Joske's
| successor = Joske's (1979–1987); Dillard's (1987–present)
| foundation = 1902
| defunct = 1979
| location = Dallas, Texas, United States
| industry = Retail
| products = Clothing, footwear, furniture, jewelry, beauty products, and housewares
| homepage = |
}}
Titche-Goettinger (later known as Titche's) was a department store chain based in Dallas, Texas (United States). It was established in 1902 and was a major player in the Dallas retail market until its merger with Joske's, which was later absorbed by Dillard's.
History
The Titche-Goettinger Department Store, formed in 1902 by Max Goettinger and Edward Titche,{{cite web|title=Edward Titche|url=http://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/fti13|work=Handbook of Texas Online|publisher=Texas State Historical Association}}{{cite news |title=it's in Dallas |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/80082407/ |access-date=20 December 2021 |work=The Jewish Monitor |date=9 September 1921}}{{cite news |title=State Capitol News |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/359456262/ |access-date=20 December 2021 |work=Austin American-Statesman |date=31 January 1902}} opened on the southeast corner of Elm and Murphy streets.{{cite news |title=Our Third Anniversary Sale |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/633935429/ |access-date=20 December 2021 |work=The Fort Worth Record and Register |date=19 March 1905}} Two years later, they moved to the Wilson Building. In 1928, the company began construction on a new location between Main and Elm streets at St. Paul Street to house more merchandise, including ready-to-wear apparel.{{cite news |title=Employment |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/634573572/ |access-date=20 December 2021 |work=Fort Worth Star-Telegram |date=14 April 1929}}{{Cite web|date=2019-12-06|title=George Dahl designed much of Dallas, and his unseen archives reveal how his work shaped our lives|url=https://www.dallasnews.com/news/commentary/2019/12/06/george-dahl-designed-much-of-dallas-and-his-unseen-archives-reveal-how-his-work-shaped-our-lives/|access-date=20 December 2021|website=Dallas News|language=en}}
File:Titche Joske Transition Logo.png
Image:Titche-Goettinger Building.jpg between Elm and Main at St. Paul in downtown Dallas was the department store's flagship between 1929 and 1979.]]
In December 1928, before the new building was complete, Titche-Goettinger was sold to Hahn Department Stores.{{cite news |title=Huge Department Store Chain Started |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/51142283/ |access-date=20 December 2021 |work=Corsicana Daily Sun |date=11 December 1929}} Hahn would also purchase the San Antonio, Texas, retailer Joske's the following year.{{cite news |title=Texas Store Acquired |url=https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/384242908/ |access-date=20 December 2021 |work=The Austen American |date=16 February 1929}} The Great Depression affected the retail market during Hahn's ownership, changing the market.{{Cite book|last=Lisicky|first=Michael J.|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=rXAGCwAAQBAJ&dq=hahn+department+store+reorganized+allied+stores+corporation&pg=PA19|title=Remembering Maas Brothers|date=26 October 2015|publisher=Arcadia Publishing|isbn=978-1-4396-5381-4|pages=19|language=en}}{{Cite web|title=A Curiosity in Architecture|url=https://issuu.com/aiadallas/docs/columns-fall-2017-final-small|access-date=20 December 2021|website=issuu.com|language=en}} The store's competitive edge was largely lost to hometown rivals Neiman Marcus and Sanger-Harris. In 1935, Hahn Department Stores changed its name to Allied Stores Corporation.
The department store expanded to the suburbs in the 1950s.{{Cite web|date=26 May 2016|title=Ghosts of Dallas: Titche-Goettinger Building|url=https://www.dmagazine.com/frontburner/2016/05/ghosts-of-dallas-titche-goettinger-building/|access-date=3 March 2022|website=D Magazine|language=en-US}}{{cite news |title=Retail industry meets demand from larger number of affluent customers |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/773170703/ |access-date=3 January 2022 |work=The Commercial Appeal |date=16 April 1987}} Allied merged the Titche-Goettinger stores with Joske's in 1979, which was eventually purchased by Dillard's in 1987.{{cite news |title=Dillard says Allied deal reflects strategy |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/773170703/ |access-date=3 January 2022 |work=The Commercial Appeal |date=16 April 1987}}
Flagship store
{{Main article|Titche-Goettinger Building}}
Image:Wilson Building Dallas.jpg at Main and Ervay Streets in downtown Dallas housed Titche-Goettinger between 1904 and 1929. Today it is a luxury-apartment building.]]The downtown Dallas flagship store is listed in the National Register of Historic Places and is a key contributing structure in Dallas' Harwood Historic District and Main Street District. It opened in 1929 and closed in 1987, and now houses loft-style apartments and the Universities Center at Dallas.
References
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External links
- [http://dallaslibrary.org/texas/photogallery/downtownliving/titches.htm Dallas Public Library images of flagship store]
- [http://departmentstoremuseum.blogspot.com/2010/06/titche-goettinger-co-dallas.html The Department Store Museum: Titche-Goettinger]
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20120420163823/http://www.1900elmstreet.com/home.asp 1900 Elm] (apartment building now occupying former Titche's downtown store, includes historic [http://www.1900elmstreet.com/photo.asp store photos])
Category:Defunct department stores based in Texas
Category:1902 establishments in Texas
Category:Retail companies disestablished in 1979
Category:Defunct companies based in Texas
Category:Department stores on the National Register of Historic Places
Category:Commercial buildings on the National Register of Historic Places in Texas
Category:National Register of Historic Places in Dallas