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Burdines (English: / bɜːrˈdaɪnz / bur-DYNZE) was an American chain of department stores operating in the state of Florida, headquartered in Miami. The original store opened in Bartow, Florida in 1896 [1] as a carriage-trade shop.
Known as "The Florida Store," Burdines opened in 1898 in the burgeoning city of Miami. As the city grew, business boomed. The store quickly branched out, even launching a mail order service in Latin America, which made it a popular choice for soldiers stationed overseas.
The first store opened by William Burdine, a retired Confederate army officer,and his partner, Henry Payne, was a dry goods store in Bartow, Fla. By 1912, Burdines moved to its home on Flagler St. and became a dept store.
Few stores have played as big a role in the history of Miami as the Macy's — formerly Burdines — in downtown, which the company announced will close permanently in the near future.
Burdines was an American chain of department stores operating in the state of Florida, headquartered in Miami. The original store opened in Bartow, Florida in 1896 as a carriage-trade shop.
Courtesy of Florida State Archives. This episode of the Miami History Podcast discusses the Burdine family and their namesake store. Opportunity brought William Burdine and his family to Miami in 1898.
Burdines was a department store chain operating in Florida with its flagship store located in downtown Miami. Its origins date back to 1897 when Henry Payne and William M. Burdine opened a dry goods store in Bartow, Florida.
When his partner left the business in 1897, Burdine was operating the store in Bartow when he heard about a dynamic frontier town on the far southeast coast of Florida; he moved there to open a store in the tiny, but already bustling, city of Miami, and the rest, as they say, is history.
Burdines. It dubbed itself “The Florida Store.” William Burdine, a former Civil War prisoner from Mississippi, opened his first store in Miami in 1898. In 2003, it was announced that Burdines...
Burdines' history is intricately interwoven in the transformation of Florida from a backwoods swampland to the nation's fourth largest state. Here's a chronology.