The Bon Marché (Lowell)

The Bon Marché was a department store in downtown Lowell, Massachusetts, in business from 1878 to 1976.

In 1887, Frederick and Charles combined their operation, under the name The Bon Marché.

The large central section was built in 1887 to house the new Bon Marché Dry Goods store.

[1] The store was on Merrimack Street in the heart of the commercial district of what was then the prosperous and growing city of Lowell.

[3] Even in its early days, Bon Marché billed itself as the largest department store in New England.

Merrimack Street around 1908. Bon Marché is the large building on the left. The small building next to it with the large Bon Marché sign is an annex, which was later torn down to accommodate the 1927 addition.