Smulekoff’s Home Store will close at 5 p.m. Friday, Nov. 28, 2014, after 125 years of business in downtown Cedar Rapids. (photo/Cindy Hadish)
UPDATE: See new auction information at end.
Time to say good-bye to another homegrown store in Cedar Rapids.
Smulekoff’s Home Store, 97 Third Ave. SE, has been a downtown Cedar Rapids institution since 1889; an incredible 125-year run. The riverfront store reopened after flooding in 2008, but management decided to take a buy-out from the city and close its doors as of the end of this month.
Smulekoff’s opened in Cedar Rapids in 1889, then in a store on May’s Island. (photo/Cindy Hadish)
Many customers will miss the downtown location to buy quality sofas, mattresses and other furniture; the employees will undoubtedly miss their co-workers and customers and Cedar Rapids natives like me will miss their Christmas displays.
Along with Killian’s and Armstrong’s and other stores, the wintertime window displays gave downtown Cedar Rapids that holiday magic. Read more about the post-flood restoration of the nativity set here.
Smulekoff’s will be open from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Friday, Nov. 28, 2014.
UPDATE An auction for remaining items will take place beginning at 11 a.m. Saturday, Nov. 29. The auction planned for Sunday, Nov. 30, is no longer scheduled.
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Smulekoff’s final day of business will be Friday, Nov. 28, 2014. (photo/Cindy Hadish)
Sofas and other furniture have been marked down for the final sale. (photo/Cindy Hadish)
Signs note the end of business for Smulekoff’s in downtown Cedar Rapids. (photo/Cindy Hadish)
Besides furnishing, Smulekoff’s also sold vases, silverware and other home accessories. (photo/Cindy Hadish)
A view from an upper-floor window shows the Cedar River, alongside Smulekoff’s in downtown Cedar Rapids. (photo/Cindy Hadish)
Bedroom furniture is among the items marked down during Smulekoff’s final days. (photo/Cindy Hadish)
Floors were cleared out as merchandise was sold. (photo/Cindy Hadish)
At one time, merchandise even filled the top floor of the Smulekoff’s building. (photo/Cindy Hadish)
Another view from an upper-floor window of Smulekoff’s shows this lovely downtown parking lot. (photo/Cindy Hadish)
Not quite the same, but at one time, Christmas displays filled the storefront windows at Smulekoff’s during the holiday season. (photo/Cindy Hadish)
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