Filenes

But the Filene brothers were also known for their adeptness at opening branch stores, including one in Falmouth in 1920, Providence in 1922 and Hyannis in 1923. “The store on Queen's Buyway went year-round at Christmas 1940. They had to winterize (the circa 1925 Cape Cod building). With soldiers coming to Camp Edwards (the East Coast's largest World War II mobilization base), there were such limited shopping availabilities,” Lisicky says. Post-war, the Falmouth Filene's closed in 1947 and business transferred to the Hyannis store, which had opened year-round in 1943 and remained open until Filene's moved to Cape Cod Mall when it o