pharmacy successor george h. bartell jr. founded 1890 seattle washington founder george h. bartell sr. headquarters seattle washington number of locations 64 website www.bartelldrugs.com this bartell drug store stood for many years at the corner of fourth and pine in downtown seattle now the site of westlake park . bartell drugs also known as bartell s is a family owned 1 chain of pharmacies in the puget sound area of the u.s. state of washington . it primarily serves the seattle king county area but also has stores in neighboring snohomish and pierce counties . it claims to be the nation s oldest family owned drugstore chain ; the founder s grandson george d. bartell is chairman and ceo and the founder s granddaughter jean bartell barber is vice chairman and cfo . bartell drugs was founded in 1890 when george h. bartell sr. 1868 1956 purchased the lake washington pharmacy at 2711 s. jackson st. in seattle s central district leschi neighborhood . he opened a second store in 1898 at 506 second ave. downtown sold the jackson street store in 1900 and in 1904 opened another store at 610 second ave. his third store was opened in 1908 in front of the pike place market ; the store at 506 second closed in 1911 . as of 1930 there were 15 total stores and as of 1956 there were 23 . the company underwent contraction over the next few years with 12 stores remaining in 1961 . a 13th was opened in 1966 in edmonds snohomish county . by 1980 there were 17 stores and by bartell s centennial in 1990 there were 31 . the next year a store was opened in gig harbor pierce county on the kitsap peninsula . as of 2016 there are 64 stores . references edit drug store news feb 7 1994 . bartell thrives in a sea of change by allene symons puget sound business journal seattle june 14 2002 . family owned bartell drug still strong after 112 years . company marketing touts customer service and community focus . by rob smith assistant managing editor historylink bartell george h. sr. 1868 1956 external links edit official website metropolis 7 bartell drugs advertising agency discusses the advertisements that it created for bartell drugs coordinates 47 33 41 n 122 20 05 w 47.56135 n 122.334755 w 47.56135 ; 122.334755 retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title bartell drugs & oldid 741540003 categories pharmacies of the united statescompanies based in seattleretail companies established in 1890hidden categories pages using infobox company with unsupported parameterscoordinates not on wikidata navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 28 september 2016 at 04 08 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view