Chappell's

C.E.Chappell & Sons, Inc.

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Company type	Department store
Industry	Retail
Founded	1893
Headquarters	North Syracuse, New York
Key people	Charles A. Chappell, Jr.; Donald E. Chappell; Charles Chappell III; Earl Sherlock
Products	Clothing, footwear, jewelry, beauty products, and housewares.
Website	None

Chappell's was a family-owned department store chain based in Syracuse, New York.

History

Chappell's was eventually purchased by Bon-Ton, and the stores carried the Bon-Ton name. However, many of the former Chappell's locations retain much of their interior layout and decor.

Former locations

• Auburn - Fingerlakes Mall (later Peebles, then Manhattan 101, now Steve & Barry's)
• Camillus - Camillus Mall (opened 1994 in former Hess's, now Bon-Ton; mall torn down)
• Cicero - Penn-Can Mall (later Caldor, now part of auto mall)
• Clay - Great Northern Mall (replaced Addis & Dey's, later Bon-ton , now closed)
• Cortlandville - Cortlandville Mall (opened 1974; later Bon-Ton, now Wal-Mart; mall torn down in 1991)
• DeWitt - Shoppingtown Mall (opened 1985; later Bon-Ton, now vacant)
• Liverpool - Seneca Mall (mall converted into a strip mall in 1999)
• Massena - St. Lawrence Centre (opened in 1989, now Bon-Ton)
• Syracuse
  • Carousel Center (opened 1990, now Bon-Ton)
  • Downtown (closed when Seneca Mall store opened in 1972)
  • Northern Lights Mall (later Burlington Coat Factory, then Media Play, now vacant; mall torn down)
  • Shop City Plaza
  • Western Lights Plaza (opened 1975 now Price Chopper)
• Watertown - Salmon Run Mall (opened 1988, now Bon-Ton)

Cancelled stores

• New Hartford - Sangertown Square
• Syracuse - Fairmount Fair

Trivia

• Chappell's was the last family owned department store in New York State.
• The PennCan Mall store featured a restaurant called "Chettie's". Similarly, the store at Shoppingtown Mall featured a restaurant called "Charlie's".
• A credit card called "Syracuse's Family of Fine Stores" was honored at Chappell's, as well as at four other Syracuse department stores: The Addis Co., Park Branick's, Wells & Coverly and Witherell's.