Following Gideon’s death in 1923, the store building was sold to
 the W.T. Grant Co., a nationwide chain of mass-merchandise
shops founded by William Thomas Grant.

Grant established his first “25-cent variety store” in Lynn, Massachusetts,
 in 1906, and went on to build one of the nation’s largest retail chains.
 By the time Grant died in 1972 at age 96, his chain
of stores had grown to almost 1,200.

Huntington’s W.T. Grant store initially occupied one storefront within
 the Gideon Building, while Mangel’s, a women’s clothing store,
 occupied the adjacent space. Around 1950, however, Grant’s
expanded to occupy the entire ground floor space of the
building. Grant’s also covered many of the building’s
 original windows with giant wood panels in an
 attempt to give it a more modern facade.

Grant’s occupied the Gideon Building until around 1976,
 when the company declared bankruptcy.

In 1978, Amsbary & Johnson Clothiers moved into the Gideon
Building from its former location at 321 10th St. referred to
simply as Amsbary’s. After Jake Amsbary’s death in
1986, his sons operated the store until it
shut down a few years later.

In 1992, the Gideon Building was purchased by Dr. Joseph Touma,
 who restored the historic structure to its original appearance.
 Today, it’s occupied by a cellphone store and
a number of professional offices.