# Murphy-Gamble

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Murphy-Gamble, 118 Sparks Street

**Murphy-Gamble Limited** was a long-time [department store](/source/Department_store) in the City of [Ottawa](/source/Ottawa), [Ontario](/source/Ontario), [Canada](/source/Canada).

The store was located at 118 [Sparks Street](/source/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](/source/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](/source/Ogilvy's), [Freimans](/source/Freimans) and [Caplan's](/source/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](/source/National_Capital_Region_(Canada)) until the 1950s.

Murphy-Gamble was purchased by [Simpson's](/source/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](/source/Scotiabank). With the closing of the [Zellers](/source/Zellers) store in 2013, and the closure of [Holt Renfrew](/source/Holt_Renfrew) at 240 Sparks Street in 2014, there were no department stores left in operation on Sparks Street until [Winners](/source/Winners) moved into the previous Zellers location in 2015.

		- Inside of store

		- Today

## See also

- [List of Canadian department stores](/source/List_of_department_stores#Canada)

## References

- [Heritage Ottawa newsletter, February 1983, page 3](https://web.archive.org/web/20070104145418/http://www.heritageottawa.org/english/newsletters/archives/198302.pdf)

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