Boston Store Tea Room and Style Show

Fort Smith Museum of History
Boston Store Tea Room
Saturday, June 21, 2014
1:00 p. m.

Many Fort Smith ladies fondly remember the Boston Store, the fabulous department store on Garrison Avenue.  Especially popular was the Boston Store Tea Room, where delectable sandwiches and desserts were served in an elegant atmosphere.  The Fort Smith Museum of History will present a recreation of the Tea Room including a fashion show of vintage clothing purchased from the Boston Store.  View wonderful dresses, suits, coats, furs, hats and accessories modeled by Museum Board Members and supporters.  Remember charming days gone by at the Boston Store Tea Room. $25 includes Tea Room favorites "Three Ring Circus" and "Baked Fudge."

Originally doing business as Baer Brothers beginning in 1879, the fine store offered shoppers quality merchandise not previously associated with Western Arkansas.  The tradition of offering fine goods continued with the Boston Store on Garrison Avenue.  Owner Rudolph Ney quickly developed a reputation for “doing something extra” for customers. 

The store continued to provide fine goods from the Garrison Avenue location until 1972, when it moved to the newly opened Central Mall.  In 1984 the Boston Store closed its doors for good, ending a long tradition in Fort Smith.

Join the Fort Smith Museum of History to celebrate and remember the tradition of the Boston Store in Fort Smith.  Please call the museum for reservations, 479-783-7841.

Fort Smith Museum of History
320 Rogers Avenue
Fort Smith, AR  72901
479-783-7841
www.fortsmithmuseum.com