Chaney's

Chapman Building at 110 E. Wilshire at Spadra (Now Harbor), where Chaney's had a location for during the 1950s-1960s

Chaney's was a chain of department stores in Southern California. Harold Oaks Chaney (b. Ohio) opened a dry goods store in Lennox, California in 1924,[1] then his first department store in Hawthorne, California, southwest of Los Angeles. Chaney opened additional stores in the Los Angeles suburbs.[2][3][4]

By 1961, Chaney had sold his stores, and only two stores with the Chaney nameplate remained, Inglewood and Hawthorne. Also by this time Chaney had a partner in the business, Ted Revere. Chaney and his family had moved to Siskiyou County in the far north of California and in that year Chaney took over management of Weed Mercantile, a local store in the town of Weed. Ted Revere took over management of the two remaining stores, which were renamed "Revere's".[5]

  1. ^ "Torrance Penney Store Leased". News-Pilot. 19 August 1948. p. 1. Retrieved 19 March 2024.
  2. ^ "PCAD - Chaney's, Incorporated, Department Store, Newhall Store, Newhall, CA". pcad.lib.washington.edu. Retrieved 19 March 2024.
  3. ^ "PCAD - Chaney's, Incorporated, Department Store, Hawthorne Store, Hawthorne, CA". pcad.lib.washington.edu. Retrieved 19 March 2024.
  4. ^ "Fullerton Store (Chaney's, Incorporated, Department Store)". Archinform. Retrieved 19 March 2024.
  5. ^ "Harold Chaney Takes Over as New Owner of Weed Mercantile". The Dunsmuir News. 21 March 1963. p. 8. Retrieved 19 March 2024.