Joseph P. McHugh Company, Inc.

Located across the street from the New York Public Library, Joseph P. McHugh’s “Popular Shop” occupied not only a notable place in the New York City retail landscape, but also in the context of the Arts and Crafts style in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. The firm of Joseph P. McHugh and Son was established around 1869, but by 1878 Joseph McHugh (1854–1916) had developed the “Popular Shop,” an offshoot of his father’s dry goods business.[1] After moving to his own location on 912 Sixth Avenue, the retail venture expanded from just selling window shades to offering customers furniture, wallpaper, and textiles as a large-scale interior design business. By 1884, the firm was... more.