Thrift Store and Furniture Warehouse The people of the Wilbur section and the East Ward of Trenton need help with other necessities of life besides housing. In 1989, Father Brian McCormick and neighborhood people established the Clothing Store (now called the Thrift Store) and the Furniture/Appliance Warehouse. Used clothing, furniture, and appliances are donated by people and organizations from all over the Trenton area. Items are sold at a minimal cost or given away in certain circumstances. Some of the items are used for clients at BCHT's sister organization, Doorway to Hope Emergency Housing (see tab below).Dedicated volunteers from the Wilbur neighborhood organize and display the items and run the store. Clothing Store and BCH Trenton Headquarters on East State Street Want to donate items to the store?We accept clean, gently used clothing and certain furniture and appliances in good condition. Call the number below for information on donations and pick-ups. Sale Events:Saturdays: Yard Sale, weather permittingMondays: Bag O' Clothes - qualified people holding a voucher from a social service agency may collect a bag of clothes for free, by appointment.
Discounts may also apply for other individuals. Locations and HoursThrift Store - 804 East State StreetHours: Friday 2-6, Sat 10-2Furniture and Appliance Warehouse - 10 Ward AvenueHours: Sat 9:30 – 12:00 cash and carry Phone609-421-5413 (Gloria)Begining of main content Local Rooms To Go Furniture Store Locator Select a StateAlabamaFloridaGeorgiaLouisianaMississippiNorth CarolinaSouth CarolinaTennesseeTexasVirginia Rooms To Go Kids Your session is about to expire due to inactivity. To continue working, please click the button below. The J.B. Van Sciver Co. building at 10th and Hamilton Street, Allentown, Pennsylvania about 1940 J.B. Van Sciver Furniture Co. was a furniture company in Camden, New Jersey, founded in 1881 by Joseph Bishop Van Sciver and later run by his sons, Joseph Bishop Van Sciver Jr., Lloyd Van Sciver, and Russell Van Sciver. The company also opened stores in Allentown, Pennsylvania and Trenton, New Jersey. Joseph Bishop Van Sciver (1861–1943), son of Abram and Lydia H. (Bishop) Van Sciver, was born on May 14, 1861, in Hainesport, New Jersey, but was raised in Camden and educated at E.A. Stevens School.
He married Flora G. Kelly in Camden on June 9, 1892, and they had four children, Joseph Bishop Jr., Lloyd, Russell, and Ruth. The family were members of the Temple Baptist Church and Joseph was a member of several clubs including Union League, Whitemarsh Valley Country Club, American Academy of Political and Social Science, New Jersey Society of Pennsylvania, and the Netherlands Society. On his maternal side, Joseph was a descendant of Richard and Margaret Haines, for whom the township of Hainesport where Joseph was born is named.[2] Richard was from London and settled in America in 1683. Joseph's paternal ancestors were John Van Sciver and Charity Morris, who both came from Holland during colonial times. After establishing the J.B. Van Sciver Co., Joseph branched out into other industries and formed the Hainesport Mining & Transportation Company and the De Frain Sand Company, serving as Vice President for both and later merging them into the Van Sciver Corporation which provided materials to the World War I cause.
The corporation was later sold to the Warner Company.[3] Joseph also served as a director of the Knickerbocker Lime Company, a limestone quarry. Photo of JB Van Sciver Library and Living Room Furniture from a 1925 catalog In 1881, Van Sciver opened his furniture business in a small shop only 20 feet in width at 210 Federal Street in Camden. Within only a year the company had grown so much that they moved to a larger location on the same street and by 1888, it was moved to a four-story building on the corner of Delaware and Federal. Over the next 35 years, several additions were constructed onto this building until it occupied ten acres. In 1932, a Trenton store was opened, a building that was designed by Joseph's son Lloyd, while manufacturing was continued in Camden.[4] Five years later, they expanded into Allentown, Pennsylvania,[3] and eventually also established stores in Abington, Pennsylvania, Fairless Hills, Pennsylvania, Bala Cynwyd, Pennsylvania, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, and Wilmington, Delaware.
In 1961, lack of parking around the Trenton store forced the company to abandon it. In 1963, they reopened in hopes the parking problems had been solved but vacated again in 1976 when the building was considered as the Mercer County Manpower Skills Training Center.[6] The Trenton store moved to nearby Oxford Valley in Fairless Hills, Pennsylvania but in 1983, it closed down. However, they were unable to sell the building and pay their creditors so by order of the U.S. Bankruptcy Court, the Oxford Valley store was reopened in 1984 as a warehouse outlet in order to liquidate remaining stock after the Camden warehouse was shut down. A store in Cherry Hill, New Jersey remained opened after the sale but the company was clearly in major decline. The company produced a wide variety of furniture in contemporary and previous era styles as well as western and eastern styles, and including everything from bed and dining sets to lamps, clocks, rugs, curtains and custom-made draperies. Styles ranged from ornate and oriental to the more simplistic mission and colonial furniture.
They even produced their own brand of furniture polish which sold for 45 cents in the 1920s. The Van Scivers had owned a 120-acre farm in Haddon Township, New Jersey and as the acreage diminished by the growing development of the area, 9 acres were sold and established for the Van Sciver Elementary School, built in 1957. Van Sciver Lake near Levittown, Pennsylvania is presumably named after the Van Sciver company, given its proximity to the Van Sciver stores in Trenton and Fairless Hills. on October 06, 2016 at 9:09 AM, updated Seaside Furniture of Toms River, the store profiled in the Bamboozled column earlier this week, has done the right thing for its customer. Nancy Sheridan had purchased thousands of dollars of furniture to replace pieces that were lost from her Ortley Beach home during Superstorm Sandy. What followed was a dispute over the return of two items that Sheridan said a store employee had approved. Sheridan said she learned there was a problem when the store refused to deliver pieces from a subsequent order unless Sheridan paid the balance -- a balance that didn't include the refunds for the items she didn't take.
In all, Sheridan believed she was due a refund of $1,117.99 from the first order, Sheridan said. After failing to solve the dispute, she asked for Bamboozled's help. We reached out to the store employee, Jamie Ulrey, and over the course of five days, she didn't respond with any answers. On the fifth day Ulrey she said she was in a meeting, but promised to call when it ended. She never did, and our publication deadline was up. Furniture store holds order hostage over refund, customer says That was a Friday. Over the weekend, we emailed Ulrey to remind her the story was running on Monday. She said there were no cancellations on special orders. We reminded her of the conversations Sheridan said they had, and of the handwritten document that indicated the customer would be refunded for the mattress and the steps, less the restocking fee. Ulrey said she was mistaken about accepting the return of one item. When asked about the second item -- a mattress that wasn't on the truck for delivery so it wasn't received by the customer -- she said she had no additional comments.
On the day the column ran, Ulrey emailed again. "Please note that this is a legal matter and that is why we are and were unable to comment." Later that day, we spoke to Seaside Furniture owner Izzy Lindner. Lindner said he didn't know anything about the dispute or our attempts to contact the store until the story was published. "I'd like to resolve it," he said. "I really apologize about this nightmare. This is a nightmare and a mess and that's not the way we run our business." Then Lindner shared a surprise. Seaside Furniture filed suit against Sheridan in Ocean County before our story ran, saying Sheridan owed the store money. "But that's not my goal," Lindner said. We went over the invoices and the payments. In the end, Lindner agreed to credit Sheridan for the items as long as she'd pay the remaining balance -- $82.01 -- and take delivery of the remaining items. We also asked him to pull his lawsuit. He said the court date was for Oct. 19, and instead of withdrawing, he would simply not show up for the court date, saying it would then automatically be dismissed.
We reached out to Ocean County Vicinage to make sure that's how it works, and the rep said yes. If the store doesn't show, it would be dismissed. But the rep recommended the store instead file a "Notice of Dismissal," which would ensure all the parties that no further action would be taken. We followed up with Seaside Furniture to request it officially dismiss the case. Lara Lindner, Izzy's daughter, said the company called the court and cancelled the legal action against Sheridan. We also offered Seaside a chance to share additional comments with our readers. "We ... try to offer the best customer service possible," Lara Lindner said in a statement. "Being that we are a completely custom furniture store, all orders are unique and special; customers choose specific fabrics/finishes/sizes/etc. to fulfill their needs." She said when a contract is complete, "the customer signs the contract agreeing to the items being purchased on their behalf, as well as agreeing to our store policy.
Because of the custom details in each order, we can not take back special order furniture after it comes in to our warehouse and is than delivered to our customers." "In order to bring closure to this situation, we have agreed to go against our store policy and work out any remaining issues and discrepancies directly with Mrs. Sheridan," she said, noting the company will go "above and beyond" to satisfy the customer. We asked about Sheridan's claims that Ulrey agreed to the returns. "In regards to the mattress and bunk bed staircase, we are allowing Mrs Sheridan a cancellation on those pieces that the customer has decided she no longer wants," she said. "We are also delivering all final merchandise to Mrs Sheridan in the next week to complete all outstanding merchandise that is on the contracts." Sheridan was happy with the resolution. She confirmed Oct. 10 as the new delivery date, and she said she confirmed the remaining balance owed. "I hope that Seaside Furniture will take a look at its customer service policies so other people won't have to go through this," Sheridan said.