Oberdorfer's
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Oberdorfer's was a department store located in downtown Charlottesville in the 19th and 20th centuries located at 301 East Main Street .[1][dead link]
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History
The Oberdorfers were a German-Jewish family that immigrated to the United States in the late 19th century. They moved to Charlottesville and opened a store at the northeastern corner of Third and East Main Streets. The moved into a new store at the same location in 1917. The building was purchased by W.T. Grant in the Great Depression. The same building is now the home of Rapture and Vivian's'.