NEWS RELEASE
GARLAND, Texas. (August 7, 2026) — After 103 years the iconic Baker’s Main Street Furniture will close permanently. Owner David Baker will retire after the store’s final sale.
Baker has chosen leading furniture promotional sales specialists Planned Furniture Promotions (PFP) to handle the going-out-of-business sale.
“When a business has served the same community for more than a century, its impact reaches far beyond the showroom,” said Tom Liddell, senior vice president of PFP. “This is the end of an extraordinary chapter, and we’re honored to help the Baker family through this milestone.”
In 1923, August Marvin “A.M.” Baker founded Baker’s Main Street Furniture as a hardware and general store in Wylie. Nine years later, he relocated the business to Garland, where he expanded into furniture and laid the foundation for what would become a family legacy spanning three generations. As the business grew, so did its home. The Baker family renovated the store into the distinctive three-story showroom that has become a landmark in historic downtown Garland while building a reputation for quality home furnishings and exceptional customer service.
A.M.’s son, F.K. Baker, assumed ownership of the family business in 1946 after returning from service in the U.S. Navy during World War II. His son, James Baker, became the next generation of family leadership in 1980 and led the business for nearly 30 years before passing ownership to his brothers, David and John, in 2009. Under three generations of Baker family leadership, Baker’s Main Street Furniture became a trusted destination for generations of customers throughout the Dallas-Fort Worth metroplex. Now, as David prepares to retire, the family has made the difficult decision to bring to a close 103 years of excellent customer and community care through their furniture retail business.
Baker’s Main Street Furniture’s final sale is underway and the 16,000-square-foot building is for sale. For more information on the final liquidation, visit www.bakermainstreet.com.
