James & Olive

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James & Olive offers all of the latest fashion trends, for boys and girls, that range from functional, trendy, classic, to over the top.

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Where do you go to find an outfit or gift that doesn't look like something that everyone else has? If you are looking for something unique, trendy, timeless or classic we have it. From frilly dresses and feathers to locally made, one of a kind pieces for the girls. To suits, ties, hats, t’s, trucks and blocks for the boys. James & Olive is an ever changing landscape of high end and affordable items for children newborn to 6 years old.


James & Olive (formerly Green Baby) is owned by a mom who loves unique, trendy, classic & upscale children's fashions. Our team is devoted to finding only the cutest most unique items to bring to our customers. Every season we scour the market to find the latest trends that stand out and make a statement. We enjoy serving you and finding exactly what you're looking for.

Thank you for shopping with us! We enjoy your feedback and look forward to it.

A little history on our building.....
The address of 431-433 S Main Street was built in 1919 by Oliver P.
Gibbs and the "historic name" is Oliver P. Gibbs Block.

The building is of late 19th and early 20th Century American Movements.
It is a two story brick double business block.

"O.P. Gibbs will remove the old Hiram Lambertson house next to the Idle
House, within thirty days and at once commence operations on a new brick
block of two stories, 20x100," Rochester Era (newspaper) September 19,
1919. Oliver P. Gibbs, who broke ground for the business block located
at 431-433 Main in September 1919 and opened it to tenants in early
1920, was well-known in Rochester not for his business activities, but
for his political ones. Gibbs served as Supervisor of Avon Township
from 1927 to 1952, and also served two terms as chairman of the Oakland
County Board of Supervisors. He led the township during a time of
spectacular growth and development, when the first planning and zoning
efforts were made for what would eventually become the city of Rochester
Hills.

One of the first tenants in Gibb's new building was Mac's Furnishings, a
menswear store at 431 Main. At 433 main, the Cole Brothers Sugar Bowl,
an ice cream and confectionery shop, held its grand opening on April 16,
1921. The Rochester Era described the Sugar Bowl as "elegant," and
having an all-white interior with booths lining both walls. No doubt
the business benefited nicely from the patronage of moviegoers at the
Idle Hour Theatre directly next door.

In 1926, Consumers Power Co took a long-teerm lease on 431 Main Street
and opened a local office that would serve the community for the next
half century. In February 1930, A.F. Zimmerman and his son, Earl, moved
their shoe store up the block to the 433 address, replacing the Sugar
Bowl in the north half of the building. For more than fifty years to
follow, a shoe store would occupy the space, as Jack Burr's Bootery
followed Zimmerman's in the same location.

Consumers Power closed its office in late 1972, and Burr's Bootery
closed a decade later, after expanding into the former gas company
space. In recent years, a variety of businesses have come and gone,
including Ballen Supply at 431, and Record Time and Brooklyn Pizza at
433.

The above information was taken from oaklandregionalhistoricsites. com
of which the Rochester Historical Commission is a contributing member.