The Wm. Hengerer Company #tbt Buffalo NY retail history

The William Hengerer Company traced its roots back to 1876. The store was merged with Rochester based Sibley’s in the early 1980s. The downtown location was closed in 1987. Eventually the store merged (again) with Pittsburgh based Kaufmann’s. Now the stores fly the Macy’s banner.

Store locations:

• Downtown (now an office building)
• Sheridan Drive (demolished, now a strip plaza)
• Amherst/ Main & Eggert (office building)
• Seneca Mall (demolished, lot empty expect for a Tops Supermarket & Kmart)- this mall was killed by the opening of the Walden Galleria & McKinley Mall
• Eastern Hills Mall (now Macy’s)- only former location of a Hengerer’s that is still an operating department store
• Boulevard Mall- space was originally a Sattler’s, now Macy’s
• Walden Galleria- opened as Sibley’s in the late 1980s, now Macy’s
• McKinley Mall- opened as Sibleys in 1989, now Macy’s

Hengerer’s ad, March 25, 1956

Hengerer’s 134th anniversary sale ad, October 4, 1970.

Buffalo Evening News, July 5, 1921

Finally an ad from the Brocton, NY newspaper 1904