Building #19

Building #19 is a chain of discount stores in New England that operated from 1964 until it went bankrupt in 2013, when it closed all but two of its 13 stores and limited its merchandise to rugs. The closeout stores had been known throughout New England for selling an eclectic assortment of items at drastically discounted prices. Many of the items were factory irregulars, discontinued models, post-expiration-date, damaged, or less than perfect in some other way, but some new merchandise is offered as well. The stores capitalized on the quick cash flow needs of other businesses, obtaining most of their merchandise from fire sales, overstocks, customs seizures, liquidations, and bankruptcy courts.