Factory to Bookstore

Plans emerge to build 901 West Lafayette

Jan 8, 1905

Ste Claire Manufacturing Company

Crown Hats

Period: Jan 1, 1908 to May 1, 1930

Advance Glove Factory

Period: Jan 1, 1940 to Mar 19, 1981

901 West Lafayette building moves 250 feet west

Jan 1, 1948

King establishes his bookstore

Jun 1, 1965

First shop in Dearborn, Michigan

Jun 1, 1971

King purchases abandoned four story glove factory at 901 West Lafayette

Jun 1, 1983

King opens Ferndale location

Jun 1, 1988