Smith & Welton

Smith & Welton was a leading department store in Norfolk, Virginia and operated stores across the Hampton Roads region. Their downtown Norfolk store closed in 1997; it was a landmark known for its tearoom on a second floor mezzanine that overlooked the store [http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/VA-news/VA-Pilot/issues/1997/vp970509/05090688.htm] . The Granby Street store is now a branch of Tidewater Community College [http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/VA-news/VA-Pilot/issues/1996/vp960503/05030544.htm] .