J. N. Adam & Co.

Infobox Defunct Company
company_name = J.N. Adam & Co.
company_
fate = Liquidation
foundation = 1881
defunct = 1960
location = Buffalo, New York
industry = Retail
key_people =
products = General merchandise
num_employees =
parent = Associated Dry Goods Corporation
subsid = The J.N. Adam & Co., commonly referred to as J.N.'s was a department store located in Buffalo, New York. It was founded in 1881 by James Noble Adam, a brother of Robert B. Adam, a founder of AM&A's, another Buffalo based department store. [cite book |first=Michael F. |last=Rizzo |date=2007 |title=Nine Nine Eight: The Glory Days of Buffalo Shopping |publisher=Lulu Enterprises, Inc. |location=Morrisville, North Carolina |isbn=978-1-4303-1386-1] The co-founder of the store was William H. Hotchkiss who, in 1905, negotiated the purchase of rival store Hengerer's. Both stores continued to operate and, in 1916, became initial parts of the Associated Dry Goods Corporation. [cite news |work=Time |title=Personnel |url=http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,741449,00.html |date=1931-04-20]

The downtown store was initially located at 292 Main Street. [cite news |work=Buffalo Express |title=New Building on Main Street |date=1891-07-26] [cite news |work=Preservation Report |title=J. N. Adam & Co. / AM&A's department Store Complex |publisher=Preservation Coalition of Erie County |first=Martin |last=Wachadlo |url=http://www4.bfn.org/preserve//bpr/spr04/1/index.html |date=Spring 2004] They later moved to the corner of Main and Eagle Streets, where over a span of thirty years they built a massive 600,000 sq. ft. downtown store. [cite news |work=Buffalo Evening News |title=J.N. Adam & Co. Plans $500,000 Store Building |date=1935-04-11] The flagship store was designed by architects Starrett & van Vleck, who also designed the Downtown Athletic Club and the flagship stores of Lord and Taylor, Bloomingdales, and Saks Fifth Avenue in New York City. [cite book |title=Sales & Celebrations: Retailing and Regional Identity in Western New York State, 1920-1940 |first=Sarah |last=Elvins |publisher-Ohio University Press |date=2004 |isbn=0821415492] In 1937, a branch opened at 114-120 Falls Street in Niagara Falls, New York. [cite news |work=Buffalo Evening News |title=Expansion Program at J.N. Adam & Co. |date=1948-02-21]

J.N.'s closed in 1960, and the Buffalo store became the new home for the downtown location of AM&A's. The store is currently threatened with demolition. [cite web |url=http://greaterbuffalo.blogs.com/gbb/2005/03/jn_adam_amas_th.html |work=Greater Buffalo Blog |title=J.N. Adam (AM&As) Threatened by Vampiric Policies of Development Agencies |date=2005-03-03 |accessdate=2008-08-16] [ [http://buffalo.bizjournals.com/buffalo/stories/2007/05/28/daily16.html "City urged to raze AM&A's structures" Business First of Buffalo, May 30, 2007 (retrieved Sep 10, 2008] .]

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