Claremont NH Ames #206

I worked at this store back in the late 70's, and eventually became an assistant manager in 1989 at Store #355 in Newport NH.
The Claremont store closed sometime in the mid to late 90's, can't remember exactly when, as I had moved from the area by...

I worked at this store back in the late 70's, and eventually became an assistant manager in 1989 at Store #355 in Newport NH.
The Claremont store closed sometime in the mid to late 90's, can't remember exactly when, as I had moved from the area by then. If I can find out the date, I'll post it later.
The store was left empty for a while, then some kind of bottled water plant was there briefly. The building was torn down, probably in 2007. The property was bought by one of the local churches, and they are supposed to build a church on the site. There is currently a large cross erected at the front of the parking lot.

Posted by Marianna (guest) on Mon 06 Jul 2009 03:23:05 PM CDT

This Ames held considerable nostalgia for me
It definitely had the Red logo and never went green.
I only went to it a few times as a very small child. I moved from Claremont when I was only 4 and had forgotten Claremont ever had an Ames, it ...

This Ames held considerable nostalgia for me
It definitely had the Red logo and never went green.
I only went to it a few times as a very small child. I moved from Claremont when I was only 4 and had forgotten Claremont ever had an Ames, it was entirely on the other side of town from the shopping district. Ames shared this plaza with Grand Union.

I drove to this site yesterday (1-24-09) and it took me a while to find this plaza. The reason? There is no building here anymore, it is a completely empty parking lot. And to add to matters, the entire lot is currently unplowed with about a foot of snow on it. I would have thought it was just an empty field except for one thing, the lights are still standing after all of these years indicating the pavement below.

Anybody have any idea when this Ames closed? (Must have been early 90's) and did ANYTHING ever go into this building after? I'm thinking it was abandoned for years, any clue when the building was completely torn down?

Posted by TRJ22487 (guest) on Sun 25 Jan 2009 07:54:29 AM CST