Dunbar Jewelers

For over 100 years and through five unrelated owners Dunbar Jewelers has remained a family owned local business in the Yakima Valley. Throughout the years they have upheld the tradition of quality merchandise and professional, friendly service. The store began in the dirt streets and wooden sidewalks of Yakima in the late 1800’s as Owen Jones Jewelry and Stationery. George Dunbar bought into the business in 1908 and the name changed to Dunbar-Nelson Jewelers and Opticians. That same year the signature Seth Thomas street clock was installed on the sidewalk outside the store. The name was permanently changed to Dunbar Jewelers in 1931. Pat and Linda Gilmore purchased Dunbar Jewelers in 1978. Their son Matthew Gilmore joined Dunbar’s in 2004 and is a fourth generation jeweler in his family.