The Chamberlin-Johnson-DuBose Company was a leading department store in Atlanta from 1866 until 1931, competing with Rich's

Rich's

Rich's was a department store retail chain, headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia, that operated in the southern U.S. from 1867 until March 6, 2005 when the nameplate was eliminated and replaced by Macy's...

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The original store was located on the east side of Whitehall St. (now Peachtree St. SW), south of Hunter St. (now King Blvd.). That block is now the location of the Fulton County Government Center.

In May 1918 the store moved "exactly 60 paces south" to new five-story building. The J.M. High Company

J.M. High Company

The J. M. High Company was a department store in Atlanta, Georgia. It was founded by Joseph Madison High , whose wife, Harriet "Hattie" Harwell Wilson High , donated her family's mansion on Peachtree Street to house the museum that has grown into the High Museum of Art, Atlanta's foremost art...

 (a.k.a. High's Department Store, benefactors of today's High Museum of Art

High Museum of Art

The High Museum of Art , located in Atlanta, is the leading art museum in the Southeastern United States and one of the most-visited art museums in the world. Located on Peachtree Street in Midtown, the city's arts district, the High is a division of the Woodruff Arts Center.-History:The Museum was...

) took over the space.

The store filed for bankruptcy in 1930 and closed its doors the next year.