Photos courtesy of Stephen G
Location: 543 Wrightstown Sykesville Road, Wrightstown NJ
Lots of requests have come on for this former Acme. Thanks to Stephen for getting some pictures for us. The Wrightstown Acme opened in November 1956. The store survived into the early 90's. An exact closing date has not yet been confirmed. Wrightstown was discussed in the comments for the Browns Mills post back in April. Stephen reacalls the Acme retaining it's 50's exterior style and had the fish-eye logo til the end.
Acme signs still around...
The huge 3-sided Acme sign. I've seen a couple of these in around but this is the first one to make it onto the blog.
Extreme close-up!
The shopping center next to the Acme currently has an abandoned Ames. Stephen provided the lowdown on this store... it started out as a Grants and then became a Jamesway until the company went under in 1995. In 2006 it was subdivided with a Dollar Store moving in. The store didn't last long and the shopping center is nearly abandoned today.
Back to the former Acme which is now the Atlantic Plumbing Supply...
If you look closely, you can see the giant Acme sign structure in the upper left corner.
Ames to the left, Acme all the way to the right.
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My nam is Ron Adams and I am fasinated by Ac,e Style and always look forward to your weekly posts and former and acme news. The large 3 sided sign still exists as well in an old Acme which is now a Rite-Aid in New Caslte, De. New Castle Avenue to be exact. Thanks for all you do. RAdams@cchosp.com
ReplyDeleteLooks like Atlantic Pluming fixed the place up. Acme didn't do much with this store while they were there. Much like the old Browns Mills store, it felt dated while it was still in operation as an Acme. Closed sometime between 1992 and 1995. As far as the Ames store and the rest of the plaza goes, Wrightstown suffered big time after Fort Dix scaled down in the early 90's. My Mother ran the Small used car lot in Wrightstown around the corner from the post office from 1989 to 2000, and she says the town literally became a ghost town. I hope to see the town doing well again in the future. Anyone going to Wrightstown, should also check out the plaza where the Bowling alley is as there is what appears to be an old A&P there. It's now a Dollar Store.
ReplyDeleteWrightstown was still open in 1992 when I was stationed at McGuire AFB. In 2002 when I was demobilizing from a year of post 9-11 active duty with the National Guard at Fort Dix,the fancy rework had not been done to the building, and it was operating as a junky "thrift" store. It's nice to see the building cleaned up. Also the old Acme store along Route 30 going into Lancaster PA still had the 3 sided sign in the parking lot as of 2007 when I moved. The Acme itself at that time was a Blockbuster Video.
ReplyDeleteThanks Ron! Glad you are enjoying Acme Style!
ReplyDeleteThe store in Lancaster PA is/was half Blockbuster and half Dollar Store. The last time I was in the Dollar Store, elements of the 70's Colonial Decor were still on the walls just painted over in white. I'm trying to get back there soon to see if it's all still there.
The Dollar General down the road is indeed a former A&P. I've seen it many times on my trips to AAFES.
ReplyDeleteBTW, sorry it's been so long since I commented...
Back in 1992. The A&P/Dollar Store was actually a pretty cool arcade,
ReplyDeleteI lived in wrightstown during the 70's and I remember the Acme. I use to get drunk out back with friends, usually after hours, not the best thing to remember about it!
ReplyDeletei rember going there with my dad as a kid if i recall we where there closeing day i wana say 1994 or 95
ReplyDeleteThis store closed and was consolidated into the new Browns Mills store in 1995. I remember when this store had the Acme script across the front awning. Not much was ever done with this store. It just kind of chugged along serving a lot of military folks before Ft. Dix was scaled back. Most of Wrightstown is just a ghost town now. The old A&P is now a Dollar General but still has the A&P look from the exterior.
ReplyDeleteWe were teenage delinquents, and used to steal the bakery dropoffs at like 4 in the morning before the Acme actually even opened. Lots of goodies, great for the munchies we had back there in the 80's haha
ReplyDeleteLived in Chesterfield, a couple miles away from this store. We were one of the few families who really missed this store when it closed. I.G.A in New Egypt and ACME of Bordentown became our only options (before Hamilton Market Place/Shoprite Bordentown opened).
ReplyDeleteI remember parts of this store so vividly, as I had spent many moments of my youth in here. The deli in the back of the building, along with the twoway mirror spanning the entire wall. The candy at the front of the first aisle, and the kids who would steel them. The magazine stand on the left, when you first walk into the store. And of course, the bubble gum and toy quarter machines in the lobby.
Good times. Thanks for sharing. Really wish somebody had photographs of the inside when it was ACME to accommodate these nostalgic thoughts.