The Stamford Historical Society
PHOTO ARCHIVIST’S SELECTION OF THE MONTH: MAY 2008
THE C.O. MILLER DEPARTMENT STORE AT 15 BANK STREET
Images from
The Urban Redevelopment Commission Files
The C.O. Miller Department store, a longtime fixture in Stamford, had its last location, beginning 1933, at 15 Bank Street. Although the property parcel was not slated for urban redevelopment, it was photographed all the same during the urban renewal process. On the map below, it comprises Parcels 9 and 11 of Block 12, labeled "Properties not to be Acquired and subject to Conservation Standards." A Google Satellite map shows the property still totally intact.
As we have various pages on this website about Charles O. Miller and his department store, these late images fit in nicely.
The C.O. Miller Company was a fixture in Stamford for 106 years. Founded in 1868, the store was originally located at 53 Main Street. The next location, by September 1870, was at Washington Place. In 1882 a new store was built on Atlantic Square, 53 Atlantic Street. Major additions and changes to the store were made in 1916. The store moved to 15 Bank Street in 1933, where it remained until its closing in 1973. At that time, C.O. Miller was no longer a family business, but was owned by Supermarkets General Corp. of Woodbridge, NJ and named "The C.O. Miller clearance department store." Earlier, the name had been changed to "Howland," part of Genungs's Incorporated, a section of the above Supermarkets General Corp., according to a Stamford Advocate article dated September 14, 1970. The photos below were taken in the late 1960s when the name was still "C.O. Miller's."
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Bank Street, Block 12, Parcel 9 (and 11, see aerial views below for better orientation)
Below: Side Entrance on Clark Street
Parcel 10 (adjacent building on corner of Bank and Clark)
