NORTHAMPTON — Faces, the funky gift, clothing and home decor store on Main Street in Northampton, has closed after nearly 45 years in business and five years after it was rescued by investors fronted by Camile Hannoush.

Hannoush said Monday that he sold his interest in the business to his niece, Therese Hannoush, about three years ago.

Therese Hannoush, who also works in the family jewelry business, didn’t immediately return emails seeking comment.

The 175 Main St. store was not open during posted business hours when a reporter visited early Monday afternoon. No one answered the phone at the store, and employees spoke about the shutdown on social media.

Longtime owner Peter Vogel nearly closed the shop in 2015 when he couldn’t find a buyer. At the time, Vogel said he couldn’t keep up with the cost of health insurance, personnel, taxes and business insurance, and utilities.

His father, Steve Vogel, co-founded Faces of Earth in Amherst in 1971. He opened a second store in downtown Northampton in 1986, and in 1991 he closed the Amherst store. Faces added a second floor at its Northampton location in 1994.

It was a gift store selling everything from kazoos to novelty coffee mugs, including one in the shape of a Star Wars stormtrooper helmet, and jokey t-shirts like one that says “How I cut carbs” with a drawing of a pizza cutter.

The store sold more practical housewares like shower curtains and bath rugs along with greeting cards, sunglasses and women’s clothing.

It also had a toy section.

Several locally owned businesses in the city have closed over the past few years — in many cases, as their owners decided to retire. Don Gleason’s Camping Supply on Pearl Street and the F.J. Rogers bicycle and sporting goods shop in the Florence section of the city both closed in 2017.

Other businesses have stayed open despite retirements.

Harlow Leather & Luggage owner Robert Burdick was in the process of closing his shop — believed to be oldest continuously operated retailer in downtown Northampton — when he found a buyer in Mark Parsons, owner of Berkshire Classics Leather and Silver in Lenox.

Downtown Sounds, a fixture for over four decades, is transitioning to a worker-owned cooperative as founder Joe Blumenthal prepares to retire.