G. C. Murphy

G. C. Murphy

G.C. Murphy's Richmond, Virginia, store on Broad Street and Fourth designed by Murphy corporate architect Harold Ellsworth Crosby. It was demolished to make way for a parking lot in 2004.
Industry	5&10 Variety Stores
Founded	1906
Founder	George Clinton Murphy
Defunct	2002
Fate	Acquired by Ames, later McCrory
Headquarters	McKeesport, Pennsylvania
Number of locations	298 (1989)
Subsidiaries	Bargain World, Terry and Ferris, Bruners, Cobbs

G.C. Murphy was a chain of five and dime or variety stores in the United States from 1906 to 2002. They also operated Murphy's Mart (full scale discount stores), Bargain World (closeout merchandise), Terry & Ferris and Bruners (junior department stores), and Cobbs (specialty apparel) stores.^[1]

In April 1985, the company was acquired by Ames Department Stores Inc. Ames converted many of the larger "Murphy's Mart" stores, and in 1989, sold the variety store division to former competitor McCrory Stores.