Siegel Stores Corporation

Siegel Stores Corporation was a holding company based in Manhattan, New York and Boston, Massachusetts.

Judge Charles Merrill Hough of the southern district of New York, United States District Court appointed John S. Sheppard Jr. and William A. Marble as receivers.

The gross business of the corporation was approximately $40,000,000 at the time of its failure.

The holding firm controlled a 14th Street (Manhattan) store and Simpson - Crawford (incorporated in 1910), in New York City, for the Henry Siegel Company of Boston.

[1] The insolvency came following an equity suit against Siegel Stores Corporation brought by the Merchants Express Company.