Murphy-Gamble

[[File:The Carling Building, Sparks Street, Ottawa.jpg|thumb|Murphy-Gamble, 118 Sparks Street]] '''Murphy-Gamble Limited''' was a long-time [[department store]] in the City of [[Ottawa]], [[Ontario]], [[Canada]].

The store was located at 118 [[Sparks Street]] in a 1909 building designed by C.P. Meredith, and for years used the slogan "Ottawa's Smart Store". Murphy-Gamble's fifth floor restaurant was known as the Rideau Room.

[[Sparks Street]] was home to many of Ottawa's department stores during the first half of the 20th century, including Murphy-Gamble, C. Ross and Bryson-Graham. [[Ogilvy's]], [[Freimans]] and [[Caplan's]] were located further east, on Rideau Street. The success of local department stores in Ottawa discouraged the entry of most national chains into the [[National Capital Region (Canada)|National Capital Region]] until the 1950s.

Murphy-Gamble was purchased by [[Simpson's]] in 1971, and the store continued to operate under the Simpson's banner until 1983. The building is now occupied by a branch of [[Scotiabank]]. With the closing of the [[Zellers]] store in 2013, and the closure of [[Holt Renfrew]] at 240 Sparks Street in 2014, there were no department stores left in operation on Sparks Street until [[Winners]] moved into the previous Zellers location in 2015.

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==See also== *[[List of department stores#Canada|List of Canadian department stores]]

==References== {{Reflist}} *[https://web.archive.org/web/20070104145418/http://www.heritageottawa.org/english/newsletters/archives/198302.pdf Heritage Ottawa newsletter, February 1983, page 3]

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