General Info

GREELEY HAT WORKS HAS FROM ITS BEGINNING BEEN A QUALITY PART OF ITS COMMUNITY, FROM LOCAL, TO REGIONAL, TO NATIONAL, AND PROVIDING THE BEST QUALITY AND CUSTOMER SERVICE EVEN TO CELEBRITIES AND WELL KNOWN POLITICIANS. NO MATTER ITS OWNER OR LOCATION, GREELEY HAT WORKS HAS FORGED A RICH HISTORY THROUGH ITS FINE HATTING AND COMMITMENT TO ITS CUSTOMERS. 1909 - 1928 GREELEY HAT WORKS, THEN KNOWN AS THE SHINING PARLOR, HAD TWO DIFFERENT LOCATIONS IN GREELEY, COLORADO, ONE ON 8TH AVENUE AND THE OTHER ON 5TH AVENUE. IN 1920, THE SHOP WAS MOVED TO A PERMANENT LOCATION IN GREELEY, AND THE SHINING PARLOR HAD TAKEN ON A NEW OWNER, GEORGE BROWN. BROWN PARTNERED WITH FIVE BROTHERS FROM KERSEY, THE MARTINEZ BROTHERS (BEN, IRVIN, TELOS, JOE, AND DAVE) TO RUN THE SHINING PARLOR. SOON AFTER THIS PARTNERSHIP WAS FORMED, THE SHINING PARLOR CHANGED ITS NAME TO GREELEY HAT SHOP AND SHINING PARLOR, AND WAS EVENTUALLY REMODELED IN 1928. BROWN ALSO HAD A LOCATION IN FORT COLLINS, COLORADO WHERE MARTINEZ