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GENERAL INDEX
Abbreviations
65
Alphabetical Directory
65
Banks.
741
Building and Loan Associations
749
Business Directory
729
Cemeteries.
752
Chamber of Commerce
464
Churches.
753
City Government.
464
Clergymen
756
Clubs.
758
Courts.
464 and 560
County Government.
566
Elks.
211
Fire Department.
464
Hospitals and Asylums
785 7
Index to Advertisements
332
Knights of Pythias
342
Libraries
802
Masonic Orders.
383
Moose Loyal Order Of.
361
North Carolina Post Offices
16
Odd Fellows.
304
Parks and Places of Amusements, etc.
815
Police Department.
464
Post Office
613
Preface.
12
Schools and Colleges.
827
Street and Avenue Guide.
617
State Government. 420
560
United States Post Office. 560
Y. M. C. A
613
Y. W. C. A.
613
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ALPHABETICAL
INDEX TO ADVERTISEMENTS
Reference is especially invited to the following alphabetical list of responsible, enterprising, advertising business men. The more you patronize them the better we can make the Raleigh Directory; your attention is also invited to the names in DISPLAY BLACK TYPE throughout the book of those who take pride in sustaining the city directory, and who do not borrow their neighbor's directory.
Adkins W C Sheet Metal Works.
61
Allen Albert Earl. left top lines and 39 47
Allen Forge & Welding Co.
Allison & Betts.
left bottom lines and
Art Flower Shop Inc The.
left bottom lines and
Auto Electric & Battery Co.
left side lines and
Baker & Rawls.
Barbee & Co.
Battery Service Co.
. left side lines and
24
Bland Cleaners
. right side lines and
35
Bland Hotel The.
left side lines and
Boylan-Pearce Co Inc.
right bottom lines and
Bragg Hardware Co.
right bottom lines and
Brantley Jno C.
left side lines and
Briggs Thos H & Sons
right bottom lines and
Brown H J Co
. left side lines and
Burke Henry
Burroughs Adding Machine Co.
marginal line back cover and
Byrum A H.
right bottom lines and
Capital City Laundry
left side lines and
Carolina Builders Corp
left side lines and
Cascade Laundry Co.
Cherokee Brick Co.
. right top lines and
Citizens National Bank
right bottom lines and
Colonial Motor Co.
Commercial National Bank front cover and
Connor, Ruffin & Moore
left top lines and
Cooper Monument Co
left bottom lines and
48 27
Cothran Motor Car Co.
left bottom lines and
Cross & Linehan Co.
left top lines and
Davis H C.
DeLuxe Clothier .
left side lines and
Dermott Heating Co
right top lines and
Drewry & Withers
. right top lines and
44
Durham Life Ins Co
right side lines and
45 62
Fogleman Edgar L.
24
Fort D F Jr.
. left side lines and
55
Foster & Fowler Transfer Co.
right side lines and 62
43 35 36 41 38 42 41 21 23 47 46 33 46 33 30 27 31 44
243548
Ex-Ellis Signs.
right side lines and
35 39 35 42
Boone Chas R.
53 40 24 61 4
7
INDEX-Continued.
Franklin Automobile Sales Co .right top lines and 27 47
Gomez Angelo.
Goodwin-Smith Furniture Co. .right side lines and 41 Hardbarger's Chess Miss Secretarial School. . right side lines and Harris Dan Dr ..
Hodgin Roy T Dr.
right side lines and
Hornaday & Faucette Inc
.left top lines and
Hotel Raleigh.
Hotel Sir Walter
Hudson-Belk Co.
Interstate Hotel Co.
Jennings Tire Co.
.back cover and
Johnson Chas E.
Jolly's.
right top lines and
Knight-Overland Co
Leonard J B Piano Co.
.front cover and
McDonald Jno S ..
left side lines and
McDonald Paint & Specialty Co
McKimmon & McKee Inc
right side lines and
Mattison Advertising Co.
marginal line back cover and
Maupin A M.
.right top lines and
Mechanics & Farmers Bank right side lines and
Meredith College.
Mitchell Printing Co.
Motor & Equipment Co.
Mulligan Furniture Co.
Alphabetical Divider
Murray S Roger.
left side lines and
Mutart Motor Co Inc.
Nash Motor Sales Co. . marginal line front cover and left top lines
News & Observer The. . back fly leaf
Newsom Bros Inc.
Noland Co Inc.
North Carolina State College of Agriculture & Engineering.
Norwood George M Brick Co. front cover and
O'Brien T J Jr & Co. . right side lines and
Oldham & Worth Inc right bottom lines and
Orgen Printing Co. right side lines and
Parker-Hunter Realty Co The.
backbone and Parrott R M
Peace Institute.
Pine State Creamery Co right side lines and 36 3 Prince Realty Co 56 Progressive Real Estate Co left side lines and 23
22
Quinn R E & Co.
41
Raleigh Building & Loan Assn The. left bottom lines and 34
Raleigh Iron Works Co . back paste down
Raleigh Land Co Inc .. left side lines and 56
Raleigh Roofing & Cornice Co Inc.
left side lines and 61
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61 34 34 53 42 43 37 43 26 3 45 27 48 32 55 2 44 23 44 29 58 52 39 55 28
Public Service Letter Co
Pullen A M & Co. back cover and
right bottom lines and 55 52 57 32 23
33 52 54 47 59
Lillington Brick Co
INDEX-Continued.
Raleigh Savings Bank & Trust Co. right bottom lines and 29
Raleigh Times The
. back fly leaf
Raleigh Transfer Co.
63
Rawlings A Lee & Co
left bottom lines and 22
Rawls Motor Co. .
front cover and 26
Realty Loan & Trust Co. front cover and
Red Cross Cafeteria . left side lines and
Reid & Smith.
Remington Realty Co.
. right side lines and
Saint Mary's School
Sanitary Laundry .
. back cover and
Sanitary Plumbing & Heating Co. left side lines and
Sapp's Welding Service.
back cover and
63
Self Drive It System
Alphabetical Divider
Selma Brick Co
front cover and
Sheets & Strickland Inc.
left bottom lines and
Southern Storage Battery Co
Spingler A G Dr
Staudt's Bakery.
Steinmetz Henry
Stephenson C H Music Co left top lines and
Thiem James E. . right top lines and
Thompson Electrical Co Inc bottom stencil and
Velie Motor Sales Inc.
Vinson G L Co. . front stencil, before letters B and Y and
Wachovia Bank & Trust Co.
. left top lines and
Wake Foundry Co
Walker James A. right side lines and
Warren's Transfer
White & Hodgin Co.
top stencil and
Williams Thos & Son
right side lines and
Williams & Upchurch
left side lines and
Willis J F right side lines and
Wilson Bros. . marginal line front cover and
Woody-Sapp Roofing & Shingle Co.
.back cover and
Wyatt-Burruss Fuel Co.
.right top lines and
35
43 Yarborough Hotel.
Yates Auto Service. 25
32 45 62 51 29 40 49 50 38 28 51 32 40 38 63 36 28
56 62 57 57
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CATALOG OF DIRECTORY LIBRARY
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Abilene, Tex. Adrian, Mich. Akron, Ohio Albany, N. Y. Albemarle County, Va. (See Charlottesville) Alexandria, Va. Allaton, Maes. (See Boston) Amaterdam, N. Y. Androacoggin Co., Me. Ann Arbor, Mich. Arcadia, Fla. (See Fort Myers) Asheville, N. C. Atlanta, Ga. Atlantic City, N. J. Attleboro, Maas. Auboro, Me. (See Androscoggin Co.)
Augueta, Ga. Augusta, Me. (See Kennebec Co.) Augusta County, Va. (ace Staunton) Austin, Tex.
Baltimore, Md. Bangor, Me. Barberton, O. (See Akron) Barre, Vt. Battle Creek, Mich. Baton Rouge, La. Bay City, Mich. Beaver Valley, Pa. Biddeford, Me. Biltmore, N. C. (See Asheville) Birmingham, Ala. Birmingham, Mich. (see Detroit) Boaton Blue Book Boston Business Bnaton, Mass. Brewer, Me. (see Bangor) Bridgeport, Conn. Brighton, Maes. (See Boston) Bristol, Tenn. (see Briatol, Va.)
Bristol, Va. Brownsville, Pa. (see Uniontown) Buffalo, N. Y. Burlington, Vt.
Cadogan, Pa. (see Kittanning) Camden, N. J. Canton, O. Carnegie, Pa. Celoron, N. Y. (see Jamestown)
Charleston, S. C. Charlestown, Mas8. (see Boston) Charlotte, N. C. Charlottesville, Va. Chun'a Grove, N. C. (see Asheville) Cincinnati, Ohio Clearfield, Pa. Cleveland, Ohio Coconut Grove, Fla. (see Miami)
Cohnes, N. Y. (see Troy) Colorado Springs, Colo. Columbia, S. C. Columbus, Mies. Columbus, Ohio Crafton, Pa. (see Carnegie) Cumberland, Md. Cuyahoga Falls, O. (see Akron)
Darlington, S. C. Dayton, Ohin Des Moines, Ia. Detroit, Mich. District of Columbia Dorchester, Mass. (see Boston)
Durham, Me.
(see Androacoggin Co.) Durham, N. C.
East Hartford, Conn. (see Hartford)
East Liverpool, Me. (see Androscoggin Co.) Elizabeth City, N. J. Elizabeth City, N. C. Elkins, W. Va. Elmira, N. Y.
Elmira Heights (see Elmira) Evanaton, Ill.
Evanaville, Ind.
Fairchance, Pa. (ace Uniontown)
Falconer, N. Y. (aee Jamestown) Fall River, Mass. Fayetteville, N. C. Flint, Mich. Florida State Gazetteer Ford City, Canada (see Detroit) Ford City, Pa. (are Kittanning) Ford View, Pa. (see Kittanning) Ft. Myere, Fla. Ft. Wayne, Ind. Ft. Worth, Tex. Furance Run, Pa. (see Kittanning)
Gardiner, Me. (see Kennebec) Garrett'a Run, Pa. (see Kittanning) Gastonia, N. C. Girard, O. (see Warren)
Glena Falls, N. Y. Gloversville, N. Y. Goldsboro, N. C. Gorham, Mc. (see Westbrook) Grace, N. C. (see Aaheville) Graff, Pa. (see Kittanning) Grand Rapids, Mich. Green Ieland, N. J. (ace Troy) Greene, Me. (see Androscoggin Co.) Greenfield, Mass.
Greenaboro, N. C. Griffin, Ga. Gulfport, Miss.
Hallowell, Me. (see Kennebec)
Hamilton, Ohio Hampton, Va. (aec Newport News) Hartford, Conn. Hartsville, S. C. Hattiesburg, Mies. Haverhill, Maes. Heidelberg, Pa. (see Carnegie)
Helena, Most. Hickory, Pa.
Homestead, Pa. Honolulu, Hawaii
Hnosick Falls, N. Y. Hopwood, Pa. (see Uniontown) Hot Springs, Ark. Houston, Tex. Howard County, Ind. (see Kokomo) Huntington, Ind. Huntington, W. Va. Hyde Park, Mass. (see Boston) Hyde Park, Pa. (see Reading)
Indianapolis, Ind. Ingram, Pa. (see Carnegie)
Ithaca, N. Y.
Jacksonville, Fla. Jamestown, N. Y. Johnstown, Pa. Joliet, Ill.
Kalamazoo, Mich.
Kansas City, Kan. Kansas City, Mo. Kecoughtan, Va. (see Newport News)
Keego Harbor, Mich. (aee Pontiac) Kenilworth, N. C. (aee Asheville) Kenmore, Ohio (see Akron) Kennebec Co., Me. Key West, Fla. Kineton, N. C. Kittanning, Pa. Kokomo, Ind.
Lakewond, N. Y. (see Jamestown)
Lawrence, Mase. Leede, Me. (aee Androscoggin Co.) Lewiston, Me. (aee Androscoggin Co.) Lexington, N. C. Liabna, Me. (see Androscoggin Co.) Little Rock, Ark. Live Oak, Fla. Livermore, Mc. (see Androacoggin Co.) Longport, N. J. (see Atlantic City) Louiaville, Ky. Lowell, Maes.
Lynchburg, Va. Lynn, Masa.
McGrann, Pa. (see Kittanning)
McKeeaport, Pa. Macon, Ga. Mahoning, Pa. (aee Kittanning)
Maine Regieter Malden, Mass. Manorville, Pa. (see Kittanning) Mancheater, N. H. Mansfield, O. Margate, N. J. (see Atlantic City)
Marinn, O. Malborn, Mass. Masontown, Pa. (see Uniontown)
Massillon, O.
Mechanic Falla, Me. (see Androscoggin Co.)
Memphis, Tenn. Meridian, Miea. Miami, Fla.
Miami Beach, Fla. (see Miami) Middletown, Ohio Milwaukee, Wia. Minot, Me. (see Androscoggin Co.)
Mobile, Ala. Mohawk, Pa. (see Kittanning)
Montgomery, Ala. Moagrove, Pa. (see Kittanning) Mount Penn, Pa. (see Reading) Muskogee, Okla.
Nashville, Tenn. Natchez, Miss.
New Bern, N. C. New Castle, Pa. New Eng. Buainess New Haven, Conn. New Orleans, La. New York City Newark, N. J.
Newport News, Va. Newport, R. I. Newton, Mass. Niles, O. (see Warren)
Norfolk, Va. North Adama, Mass. Norwood, O.
Oacala, Fla. Oklahoma City, Okla. Old Point, Va. (see Newport News)
Omaha, Neb. Orangea, N. J. Orlando, Fla. Oswego, N. Y. Oxford County, Me.
Paducah, Ky. Paintertown, Pa. (see Kittanning) Paris, Texas Parkersburg, W. Va. Paterson, N. J.
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Pattonville, Pa. (see Kittanning) Pawtucket, R. I. Peonside, Pa. (see Reading) Pensacola, Fla. Peoria, III. Petersburg, Va. Philadelphia, Pa. Phoebus, Va. (see Newport News) Phoenix, Ariz. Pittsburgh, Pa. Pleasantville, N. J. (see Atlantic City) Poland, Me. (see Androscoggin Co.)
Pontiac, Mich. Portland, Me. Portsmouth, O. Portsmouth, Va. (see Norfolk) Providence, R. I.
Raleigh, N. C. Reading, Pa. Redford, Mich. (see Detroit) Redlands, Calif. Rensselaer, N. Y. (see Albany) Rhode Island Business Di- rectory (see Providence) Richmood, Va. Richmond Hill, N. C. (see Asheville) Roanoke, Va. Rochester, N. Y. Rock Ialaod, Ill. Rocky Mt. N. C. Roaendale, Mass. (see Boston)
Rosstoo, Pa. (see Kittanning) Roxbury, Mass. (see Boston) Rural Valley, Pa. (see Kittanning) Rutland, Vt.
Saco, Me. (see Biddeford) Sacramento, Calif. Saginaw, Mich. St. Francia, Wia. (see Milwaukee) St. Louis, Mo. St. Petersburg, Fla. Salem, Va. (see Roanoke)
Salisbury, N. C. San Angelo, Tex. San Diego, Cal. Sanduaky, Ohio
Sanford, Me. San Francisco, Cal. Sault Ste Marie, Mich. Schenectady, N. Y. Selma, Ala.
Shorewood, Wis. (see Milwaukee) Shreveport, La. Sioux City, Ja. South Bend, Ind.
Spartanburg, S. C.
Spencer, N. C. (see Salisbury)
Spokane, Wash. Springfield, Mas8. Springfield, Ohio Springmoot, Pa. (see Reading) Springvale, Me. (see Sanford)
Statesville, N. C. Staunton, Va. Suffolk, Va. Superior, Wis.
Sylvao Lake, Mich. (see Pontiac)
Syracuse, N. Y.
Tacoma, Wash.
Tampa, Fla.
Taunton, Masa.
Templetoo, Pa. (see Kittonning)
Terra Haute, Ind.
Texarkana, Ark .- Tex.
Toledo, Ohio
Troy, N. Y.
Turner, Me. (see Androscoggin Co.)
Uniontowa, Pa.
Veatner, N. J. (see Atlantic City)
Vernon Hill, N. C. (see Asheville)
Vicksburg, Misa.
Vioton, Va. (see Roanoke)
Waco, Tex. Wales, Me.
(see Androscogain Co.)
Walkerville, Canada (see Detroit)
Waltham, Mass.
Warren, O.
Washington, D. C. (see District of Columbia)
Waterbury, Conn. Waterford, N. Y. (see Troy)
Watertowo, N. Y. Waterville, Me.
(see Kennebec)
Watervliet, N. Y. (see Troy) Webater, Me. (see Androscoggin Co.)
Weat Lawo, Pa. (see Reading) Weat Milwaukee, Wia. (see Milwaukee)
Weat Reading, Pa. (see Reading)
West Roxbury, Mass. (see Boston) Westbrook, Me. Weaterly, R. I. Wheeling, W. Va. Whiteaburg, Pa. (see Kittonning)
Wichita Falls, Tex. Wilkes Barre, Pa.
Wilmington, N. C.
Wilson, N. C. Windham, Me. (see Westbrook)
Windsor, Caoada (see Detroit)
Winston-Salem, N. C.
Woodville, Pa. (see Carnegie)
Woolsey, N. C. (see Asheville)
Woonsocket, R. I.
Worchester, Ma88.
Worthington, Pa. (see Kittanning)
Wyomissing, Pa. (see Reading)
Yatesboro, N. C. (see Kittanning)
Youngatowa, O.
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ALPHABET
KHIICAL
RALEIGH, NORTH CAROLINA CAPITAL CITY
The city of Raleigh, capital of the State, is the heart of North Carolina pro- gress. It is a commercial and educational center. Its growth and progress during the past few years has been rapid and substantial. Aside from its great advantages as a commercial and distributing center, which is responsible for its rapidly increased development it is a city that abounds in historical traditions and is the pride of North Carolina. The estimated population is 35,000.
HISTORICAL RALEIGH
There have been two Raleighs in North Carolina; the first the "City of Raleigh," on Roanoke Island, which came into being in the spring of 1587, upon the arrival of Governor John White. Of it only old Fort Raleigh, its defense, now remains. Governor White last saw it in life August 27th, that year, when he told his colonists good-bye and sailed for England, expecting to return soon with more settlers and more supplies. In 1591 he saw it in death, its colonists gone without a trace and utter silence over all. Then what is now North Carolina and all the rest of North America from the pole to the Spanish possessions was "Virginia," named fancifully by Sir Walter Raleigh, in honor of his queen, the great Elizabeth, who was unmarried and who had made him a Knight. His high purpose was to found here "the British Empire in America." He lived to see that dream realized, for Jamestown in Vir- ginia, founded in 1607, was settled under the auspices of his same company of "gentle- men adventurers."
The inspiration of Sir Walter's great name persisted and when in 1787 the con- vention of the people of the State of North Carolina decreed that there should be a "Fixed and Unalterable Seat of Government" it was also decreed that it should be named in his honor. It was a wise course to pursue, as since the establishment of this Colony which began in 1663, there had been ten seats of government, at only three of which were there structures designed to be of a permanent character, these places being Edenton, Brunswick and Newbern; at the latter being the finest build- ing in all North and South America; so noble that it was called the "Palace." It is small wonder that the one at the present Raleigh, built for the governors in 1814, was called the "Palace" also, until April, 1865, when the last Governor to occupy it, Zebulon B. Vance, left it at the approach of the Federal Army, commanded by General William T. Sherman.
The City of Raleigh, in the County of Wake, was born like the hero in mythology, full armed; that is to say its site was purchased with the public funds, its location having been determined by the State Convention, under the order of which the General Assembly or Legislature acted. Its streets were named by the Convention and the special commissioners named by the General Assembly; not named in a casual way, but in honor of notable men and for the eight superior count districts. In like manner the public squares were for men to whom the State was deeply in- debted for its independence and other matters.
So it is that the Raleigh of today, established, bought and paid for March 30, 1792, is the consummation of a well-laid and definite plan. When President Wash- ington reached Newbern in his tour through North Carolina, in the spring of 1791, he set down in his diary that he was about 150 miles eastward of the place where the permanent capital was to be, on a site bought with public funds, as Washington, in the District of Columbia was to be. The plan pleased and impressed him greatly. Perhaps he may have played no small part in the idea, as he did in the case of the present national capital.
Raleigh, like Washington City, made a small beginning. Washington was called for many years the "City of Magnificient Distances." It was tiny, the Capitol and the Presidents' house were but poor structures, its streets were mud in
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wet weather and dust in dry. So Raleigh had its flimsy and uncouth capitol build- ing begun in 1793 and finished so it would be occupied in November, 1794.
Fires several times did damage to private property in Raleigh, one consuming a tenth of the buildings; another destroying the first capitol. The smallness of Raleigh persisted until the war of 1861-65 came for and some years afterwards. The first modern building after the State Capitol was finished in 1840, was the post- office and federal court building, in 1878. Really not until after 1900 did the city's aspect change much. It was largely a residential town. The building of the present capitol did not lead to other permanent architecture of importance, nor did the erection of the second state building, the asylum for the insane, in 1853-57 or the State School for the Blind and Deaf, in 1847.
RALEIGH'S SUBSTANTIAL GROWTH
In 1907 the completion of the Masonic Temple marked the coming of fire- proof buildings and then came 1911-15, with the third State building, for the State Library, Supreme Court and Historical Commission; the Citizens, Commercial and Raleigh Banking and Trust buildings, and the city auditorium. In fact most persons, asked when Raleigh really began to grow, reply "when it built the audi- torium." The latter fixed it as the convention city of the State, for all the greater public gatherings.
Its first school was St. Mary's, built prior to 1840, 30 years later came Peace Institute and then about 1900 Meredith College, in the way of white institutions, while the negro ones, Shaw and St. Augustine's, date from 1867. Not until about 1890 did the State Agricultural and Mechanical College come into being. The State Prison was begun in 1869 and finished a number of years later, the Soldiers' Home, unimportant buildings of wood, was occupied in 1891. In 1876, after a great notable celebration of the 4th of July, the old "palace" of the Governors, long unoccupied, was secured for the first graded school. Some 20 years later the first bigh school was established in a building on the site of the "palace."
The end of the World War gave another impetus, like that of 1911-15, and then came what may be termed the greater hospital for the insane and epileptics, the school for the blind, the agricultural building, the Agricultural and Engineering College, the Odd Fellows Temple, the new Meredith College and public schools, modern and fireproof, a million dollar hotel, the Sir Walter, a great extension of area and such other structures along all lines as had been undreamed of, the proper paving of the streets, and the advent of the most wonderful highway system in the South.
PROGRESSIVE CAPITAL CITY
Raleigh awoke New Year's Day, 1925, to find itself no longer a town but a city; a place with a dual responsibility; to its citizens but even more to North Caro- lina, which had conceived the great plan for it, bought the "unalterable site" and nobly laid out the place, the only one in all america thus established.
In a county named in almost the last days of royal government for a lady of the family of the next to the last royal governor; in almost the precise geographical center of the state and near its present population center; in the region where the lower Piedmont and the Coastal Plain adjoin, its planning was at once noble and practical, while its growth has been in recent years so excellent as to show the wisdom of the fore-fathers of 1792 in laying it out with wide streets and large public squares.
All the romance of the first City of Raleigh, 1587, lingers in the present one. It is at the crossing of the roads, north to south and east to west, as it has been for nigh 150 years. Many of the State's greatest highways lead to it. It is midway between New York and Florida.
At no other capital in all the United States are there so many state institutions. The growth of public buildings, federal, state, county and city, as well as business houses, churches, schools,and homes has been well conceived and admirably carried out.
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