John M. Smyth Company

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John M. Smyth Company Soundex Code F653

For many Chicagoans, the name John M. Smyth Company evokes memories of the eight-story fine-furniture store once located at 12 N. Michigan Avenue.

And aside from Marshall Field, in which both department store and successive generations of family members bore the same name, John M. Smyth was one of the few names to endure as synonymous with Chicago retailing.

In 1994, the family all but cut its ties to the company by selling it to Levitz Furniture Co. of Boca Raton, Florida.