Time flies fast for downtown veterans

Downtown Columbia’s Oldest Retail Stores

Established 1896; Year in Business: 112
Buchroeder’s Jewelers,
1021 East Broadway

Established in 1926*; Year in Business: 82
Tiger Barber,
118 South Ninth Street

Established in 1941; Year in Business: 67
Witt Print Shop,
214 South Eighth Street

Established in 1948; Year in Business: 60
Pen Point Paperie,
913 East Broadway  

Established in 1956; Year in Business: 52
Dryer´s Shoe Store,
7 North Ninth Street

Established in 1956; Year in Business: 52
Dawson’s Shoe Repair Shop,
212 South Eighth Street 

Established in 1965; Year in Business: 43
Joe’s Pipe Shop,
12 South Ninth Street

Established in 1968; Year in Business: 40
Aardvarx,
17 North Tenth Street

Established in 1971; Year in Business: 37
D&M Sound,
201 South Eighth Street 

Established in 1974; Year in Business: 34
Candy Factory,
701 Cherry Street  

Established in 1975; Year in Business: 33
McAdams’,
32 South Providence Road 

Established in 1976; Year in Business: 32
American Shoe,
816 East Broadway

Established in 1981; Year in Business: 27
Bingham’s,
827 East Broadway

Established in 1981; Year in Business: 27
Wren’s Birkenstock Inc.,
1009 East Broadway 

Established in 1982; Year in Business: 26
Poppy,
920 East Broadway 

Established in 1983; Year in Business: 25
L.C. Betz & Associates,
601 East Broadway 

Established in 1983; Year in Business: 25
Bluestem,
13 South Ninth Street 

Established in 1988; Year in Business: 20
Cool Stuff,
808 East Broadway 

Established in 1989; Year in Business: 19
My Secret Garden,
16 North Ninth Street 

Established in 1990; Year in Business: 18
Calhoun’s,
911 East Broadway 

*At Ninth Street location since 1926, but has been in Columbia since around 1900