History
Robert “Bob” McCrorie started selling furniture and floor coverings to folks on the Olympic Peninsula back in 1949. Bob’s love for this industry and the people it brought him in contact with encouraged him to open his own store.
In the spring of 1958 his dream came to reality with the Grand Opening of McCrorie Thompson, a Furniture, Appliance, and Flooring Store. The next 45 years, like everyone’s life, have seen many changes in the face of the Original McCrorie Thompson.
Years later, after working in retail for several years in Portland, Oregon, Bob’s son John returned back to the Peninsula. His goal was to open a separate store concentrating just on flooring and window coverings.
In 1988 John, with the help of his dad, started McCrorie Interiors, a Specialty Flooring store just east of Port Angeles. Later, John’s brother David, started a branch store in Port Hadlock.
In 1998, John was invited to Join Carpet One,
a cooperative of Independent Flooring retailers in North America.
Carpet One has since grown to become the largest group of Flooring
Dealers in the world, and McCrorie Carpet One, has become the largest flooring
store on the Olympic Peninsula.
