Factory to Bookstore By nowshin Jan 8, 1905 Plans emerge to build 901 West Lafayette Ste Claire Manufacturing Company Period: Jan 1, 1908 to May 1, 1930 Crown Hats Period: Jan 1, 1940 to Mar 19, 1981 Advance Glove Factory Jan 1, 1948 901 West Lafayette building moves 250 feet west Jun 1, 1965 King establishes his bookstore Jun 1, 1971 First shop in Dearborn, Michigan Jun 1, 1983 King purchases abandoned four story glove factory at 901 West Lafayette Jun 1, 1988 King opens Ferndale location