Remembering Herndon's History
Roberts Carpets: A Herndon Institution
Roberts Carpets and Oriental Rug Co. has been in business in Herndon for 40 years, selling carpets, wood flooring, and ceramic tile.
Chuck Roberts, the owner of Robert’s Carpets, started doing business in Herndon at 697 Spring St., in the building that now is home to Jimmy’s Old Town Tavern. Twenty years later, Chuck moved it to the current location, a few doors away at 681 Spring St. The building that houses Jimmy’s today dates to 1897, when the original owner, Magnus T. Wilkins, opened a general store there. Roberts Carpets operated in Alexandria for six years before opening a second store in Herndon. Chuck ran into Reston developer Robert E. Simon in the early ‘60s, saw what he was doing, and decided to move to Herndon. “You could lay down in the middle of Elden Street at lunch time and you wouldn’t have got run over. It was that slow at that time,” Chuck said. He …
Walter Hadlock
5:53 pm on Thursday, January 24, 2013
I read this article after seeing ads in the Connection newspapers, including the Oak Hill-Herndon, Reston, and Great Falls editions, announcing a "Moving Sale" by Roberts Carpets. The ad did not include to where the company is moving. Since this company has been in Herndon for so long, it would be interesting to know just where they are moving. more ›