Hecht's
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'''Hecht's''' was an American department store chain founded in 1857 by Samuel Hecht, Jr. It was headquartered in Washington, D.C., and operated in the Mid-Atlantic and Southern United States. The family business was acquired by The May Department Stores Company in 1959, which itself was acquired by Federated Department Stores in 2005. Hecht's was dissolved in favor of the Federated-owned Bloomingdale's and Macy's brands in 2006.
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- Official name
- Hecht Company
- Official website
- www.hechts.com
- Image
- View of south elevation (Seventh Street entrance) - Hecht Company Building (Commercial), Seventh and F Streets, Northwest, Washington, District of Columbia, DC HABS DC,WASH,681-1.tif
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- Commons category
- Hecht's (department store)
- dissolved, abolished or demolished date
- 2006-02-01
- inception
- 1857-00-00
- short name
- Hecht's
- exact match
- yago-knowledge.org/resource/Hecht's
- phone number
- +1-703-558-1531
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'''Hecht's''' was an American department store chain founded in 1857 by Samuel Hecht, Jr. It was headquartered in Washington, D.C., and operated in the Mid-Atlantic and Southern United States. The family business was acquired by The May Department Stores Company in 1959, which itself was acquired by Federated Department Stores in 2005. Hecht's was dissolved in favor of the Federated-owned Bloomingdale's and Macy's brands in 2006.
== History == thumb|Hecht Company Warehouse|Hecht's former warehouse in northeast [[Washington, D.C., opened in 1937, now a part of the redevelopment of the Hecht Warehouse District]] thumb|Former Hecht's at Westfield Wheaton in [[Wheaton, Maryland, until 2006, demolished as Macy's in 2011]]