History Sibley's

the sibley building

in 1905, after disastrous 1904 sibley fire gutted granite building , of rochester s dry goods district, sibley s moved final location, sibley building @ northeast corner of east main street , clinton avenue. 1939, sibley s largest department store between new york city , chicago.

in 1962, competitors b. forman co. , mccurdy s collaborated construct midtown plaza, right across main street sibley s. sibley s connected new mall enclosed third-floor walkway, part of rochester skyway system.

the company acquired associated dry goods corporation in 1957, which, in turn, acquired may department stores in 1986. sibley s name merged may company s kaufmann s name in 1990. of suburban locations, after converting kaufmann s, became part of macy s 2006.

monroe community college - damon city campus calls sibley building home

in 1991 state university of new york s monroe community college, known mcc, opened second campus @ sibley building. downtown campus continued operate here until completion of new downtown campus in 2017, located @ nearby kodak tower, headquarters of kodak company.