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HILL'S ASHEVILLE (Buncombe County, N. C.)
CITY DIRECTORY 1959
Including Beverly Hills, Biltmore Forest (N.C.), Broadview Park, East Biltmore, Gentry Park, Lakeview Terrace, Linwood Park, Martel Mill Village, Morningside, Oakley, Oaklyn Park, Sayles Village, South Biltmore and Woodfin (N.C.)
Containing an Alphabetical Directory of Business Concerns and Private Citi- zens, a Directory of Householders, Occupants of Office Buildings and Other Business Places, Including a Complete Street and Avenue Guide, a Numerical Telephone Directory, and Much Informa- tion of a Miscellaneous Character; also the
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INTRODUCTION
AND GENERAL INDEX
HILL DIRECTORY CO., Inc., publishers of Southeastern City Directories (publishers of the Asheville City Directory since 1899), present to subscribers and the general public, this, the 1959 edition of the Asheville City Directory, which also includes Beverly Hills, Biltmore Forest (N. C.), Broadview Park, East Biltmore, Gentry Park, Lakeview Terrace, Linwood Park, Martel Mill Village, Morningside, Oakley, Oaklyn Park, Sayles Village, South Biltmore and Woodfin (N. C.).
Confidence in the growth of Asheville's industry, population and wealth, and in the advancement of its civic and social activities, will be maintained as sections of this Directory are consulted, for the Directory is a mirror truly reflecting Asheville to the world.
The enviable position occupied by HILL'S Directories in the estimation of the public, has been established by rendering the best in Directory service. With an unrivaled organization, and having had the courteous and hearty co- operation of the business and professional men and residents, the publishers feel that the result of their labors will meet with the approval of every user, and that the Asheville Directory will fulfill its mission as a source of authentic information pertaining to the community.
Four Major Departments
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I. THE YELLOW PAGES constitute the first major department of the Di- rectory. This embraces a complete list of the names and addresses of the busi- ness and professional concerns of the city and vicinity, arranged in alphabetical order under appropriate headings -- a catalog of all the activities of the city and vicinity. Preceding this catalog, likewise grouped under appropriate headings, are the advertisements and business cards of firms and individuals desiring to present a more complete list of their products or services than is possible in the catalogitself. The Yellow Pages represent reference advertising atits best, and merit the attention of all buyers and sellers seeking sources of supply or markets for goods. In a progressive community like Asheville, the necessity of having this kind of information up-to-date and always immediately available, is obvious. The Directory is the common intermediary between buyer and sel- ler, and plays an important role in the daily activities of the commercial, in- dustrial and professional world.
II. THE ALPHABETICAL LIST OF NAMES of residents and business and professional concerns is the second major department, printed on white paper. This is the only record in existence that aims to show the name, marital status, occupation and address of each adult resident of Asheville, Beverly Hills, Bilt- more Forest (N. C.), Broadview Park, East Biltmore, Gentry Park, Lakeview Terrace, Linwood Park, Martel Mill Village, Morningside, Oakley, Oaklyn Park, Sayles Village, South Biltmore and Woodfin (N. C.), and the name, official per- sonnel, nature and address of each firm and corporation in the community.
III. THE DIRECTORY OF HOUSEHOLDERS, INCLUDING STREET AND AVENUE GUIDE, is the third major department, printed on green paper. In this section the numbered streets are arranged in numerical order, followed by the named streets in alphabetical order; the numbers of the residences and business concerns are arranged in numerical order under the name of each street, and the names of the householders and concerns are placed opposite the numbers. The names of the intersecting streets appear at their respective crossing points on each street. Special features of the Directory are the designation of tenant- owned homes and the listing of telephone numbers.
IV. THE NUMERICAL TELEPHONE DIRECTORY, on blue paper, is the fourth major department.
Community Publicity
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INDEX TO ADVERTISERS
PAGE NUMBERS LISTED BELOW REFER TO THE YELLOW PAGES
Page
Allan of Asheville.
118
Allanstand Mountain Crafts
107
Allen-Birchette Funeral Home
68
Anders-Rice Funeral Home
74
Arthur W H Co.
.left side lines and
136
Artmore Furniture Co.
76
Asheville Baking Co . left bottom lines and
20
Asheville Battery Co Inc
. front lip margin and
5
Asheville Bedding Co
105
.left side lines and
154
Asheville Cleaners & Dyers
. top stencil and
32
Asheville Concrete Materials Inc right side lines and
41
Asheville Federal Savings & Loan Association. . back cover,
left side lines and
139
Asheville Fish Co Inc left side lines and
82
Asheville Ice & Storage Co Inc right bottom lines, 35 and
39
Asheville Industrial Supply. .
.right side lines and
150
Asheville Machine & Foundry Inc.
.right side lines and
150
Asheville Merchants Association Inc
.right side lines and
54
Asheville Oil Co Inc
left side lines, 66 and
112
Asheville Paving Co
52
Asheville Sand Co. right bottom lines and
137
Asheville Steel & Salvage Co .right side lines and 150
Asheville Welding Co left top lines and
161
Asheville White Sales Inc. .left side lines and
160
Aston-Stikeleather & Co
front cover and
Atkins-Harper Lumber Co
left bottom lines and
Atkinson Ed Co Inc.
25
Austin Frank Co Inc
. back cover, left side lines, 24 and
84 90
Autrey-Smathers Insurance Agency Inc . back cover, left side lines and Ballard Furniture & Cabinet Co
4 and
27
Bank of Asheville The
right top lines and
21
Battery Park Hotel
.front stencil and
86
Beacon Restaurant .
.left side lines and
134
Bean S I Tile & Marble Co .right side lines and
53
Bennett's Inc .
103 69 127
Beverly Realty Co
Biltmore Auto Court left bottom lines and
106
Biltmore Coal & Lumber Co Inc . left side lines, 36 and 65
Biltmore TV & Appliance Co Inc. .left side lines and
Biltmore Tire & Recapping Co Inc.
.left side lines and
Biltwell Sign Co .left side lines and
Bishop's Inc
Blanton's Business College right bottom lines and
141
Blue Bird Taxi Co of Asheville Inc .right side lines and
153
Blue Ridge Trucking Co.
159
Bon Marche Inc
right top lines, 34, 56 and
89
Book Mart The.
23
Booth-Barfield Inc
.back cover, right bottom lines and
123
Bright's Jewelers.
left top lines and 98 4 44
Buncombe Construction Co Inc
65
Burton Furniture
75 6
C And C Motor Co
65
C C R Coal Co.
. left top lines, 38 and Carolina Federal Savings & Loan Association of Asheville ..
140
Carolina Fuel Co
67
Carolina Power & Light Co
back cover, left side lines, B and
61
Carolina Realty Co
left top cards and
130
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Buckner's J K Antique & Reproduction Shop
right side lines and Burleson Ralph Distributing Co.
. left bottom lines and
.back cover, left bottom lines and 38 and
144
155 18 149
Berryman Funeral Home. right bottom lines and
96 23
Asheville Cab Co
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Cathey William B.
Chuck Wagon Swimming Pool & Restaurant .
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Citizen Express Inc 159
Citizens Hardware and Supply Co Inc
right side lines, 84 and
113
City Electric Co. .
left top lines and 63
Clement's Flower Shop
left side lines and
64
Coca-Cola Bottling Co of Asheville Inc.
right side lines and 23 40 112
Community Coal & Lumber Co
left side lines, 36 and
103
Concrete Products Co of Asheville Inc
Concrete Supply & Materials Co Inc.
Coston Eugene Realtor
Creasman's Radio & TV Inc.
right top lines and
Daniels Business Services
.left side lines and 101
Dillard Realty Co Inc
Down Town Motel .
Driveways Inc . right side lines and
Duckworth James H Realty Co
Duncan Wheel & Axle Service
Dunham's Music House .
front cover and 108
Dunn & Williams Funeral Home
left top lines, 3 and
70
Eagle Insulating Co The.
89 8
Farmers Supply Co Inc
63
Feemster Pump & Tank Co
left bottom lines and 142 31
First Baptist Church.
First Union National Bank of North Carolina
front cover,
left side lines and
22
Fletcher Limestone Co Inc.
Foreign Car Center
left bottom lines and
30
Fortune's Paint & Hardware Co Inc. . back cover, right bottom lines and
83
Generator & Ignition Shop The
tabbed insert at
17
Giles J P Agency
right bottom lines and
91
Glidden Co The
front cover, left bottom lines, 115 and
116
Glidden Drive-In Paint Center
front cover, left bottom lines, 115 and
Gordon's Jewelers
Green Bros
right bottom lines and
Green Hills Cemetery Assn Inc. left bottom lines and
Greyhound Restaurant . . left bottom lines and
134
Groce Funeral Home Inc
. backbone, 4 and
71
Grove Stone & Sand. .right side lines and
138
Hall Coal Co .
.right side lines and
37 104
Harrington S W Inc.
Haverty Furniture Co left bottom lines and
78
Haynes M B Electric Corp.
.right side lines and 62
Henderson & Davis Construction Co.
.left side lines and
116
Herman Albert B
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Hobby House .left side lines and
Hodgens Furniture Co.
78
Hotel Battery Park.
.front stencil and
86
Hotel George Vanderbilt The .front stencil and
88 110
Hoyle Office Supplies .tabbed Insert at name in Alphabetical Section and Hursey & Co Jewelers
right top lines and
98 49
Ice Service Inc.
right side lines, 81 and 89
Ingle Transfer & Storage Co.
. left bottom lines and
158
Inland Press Inc The. .
.right side lines and
120
Insurance Service of Asheville Inc.
right top lines and
96
Joe Blow Fuel Co. . right top cards and
67
Johnson-Chandley Lumber Co Inc right side lines, 25 and
104
Johnson H E Co
right top lines and
128
Commercial Stationers Inc.
right bottom lines and
right bottom lines and 42 43 right top cards and 131 156
Davis Ray C Co .
.right side lines and 120 right top lines and 124 107 45 125 7
Equipment Inc . . left top lines and
152 C
Forest Lawn Cemetery Inc.
A E McCracken in Alphabetical Section and
116 99 75 28
Haynes Shoe & Luggage Shop .left side lines and 145 47
Henley Paper Co
115 59 85
Hospital Saving Assn of NC Inc. left bottom lines and
97
Hyatt Electric Shop. .left side lines and
Page 127
Collection Division-Asheville Merchants Assn Inc . . . left side lines and
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Johnson's Atlantic Service Station .left side lines and
Jones Amoco Service
Kennedy Bruce E .
128
King Insurance Agency
right side lines, 97 and
King Realty Co.
right side lines, 97 and
Kitchens Champ.
left bottom lines and
Koon E S Distributor
.left side lines and
Kuykendall Charles J
right side lines and
Leavitt Insurance Agency Inc left top lines and
Lee's Hobbicraft Supply Center. .left side lines and
Lenoir Finance Co of Asheville Inc .right side lines and
.right side lines and
72
Liles James C Business Services
left bottom lines and
Lipe Herbert J.
right side lines and
26 48 157
Master Tire Service Inc right side lines and
McCracken A E . . .tabbed Insert at name in Alphabetical Section and
113
McCracken Lola B
. . back cover and
McRary & Son Inc.
right top lines and
Middlemount Gardens Inc.
Miller N A & Co.
.right side lines and
Mister Jr Shop.
34 31
Monteath's Gulf Service
left top lines, 14 and
143
Morgan Bros Inc
.left side lines and 27
Morris-Hendon-Black Funeral Home. left top lines and 73
Morrison's Finer Furniture . right top lines and
77
Moser Plumbing Co . right side lines, 3 and
119
Mountain City Cleaners & Laundry
left top lines, 60 and
100
Murray J L Contractor
right top lines and
Nettlewood Nurseries
109
Northwestern Realty & Mortgage Co
.left side lines and
Occidental Life Insurance Co of North Carolina.
Orr Ed Motors Inc .
. backbone and
Owen L A Juvenile & Teen-Age Shoes
.left side lines and
146 68 161
Parkland Chevrolet Co Inc
.front cover, right side lines, 11 and
Parrott Tree Surgeons
.right side lines and 160
Petroleum Pump & Tank Co .
left top lines and
Piccadilly Restaurant .
left side lines, 132 and
Pisgah View Memorial Park Inc
. right bottom lines and
Plummer's Radio Service
. left bottom lines and
Pope, Flynn & Co Inc
front cover, left side lines and Post Machinery Co.
Pritchard Paint & Glass Co of Asheville Inc
back lip margin,
left side lines, 79 and 114
Quality Oil Co Inc.
68
Quality Radio & TV Service
156
Ray Jesse Funeral Home
.right side lines and
74
Rea Auto Supply Co Inc .
. right top cards and
Rogers Plumbing & Heating Co Inc
right bottom lines and
Rogers V S Contractor
51 99
Sams Motor Sales Inc .
12
94
Sears, Roebuck and Co
bottom stencil, right top lines, 57 and
left bottom lines and
Skyland Motors Inc
right side lines and
Skyview Drive-In .
135
Smathers Investments
left top lines and
129 66
Smoky Mountain Petroleum Co Inc.
right top lines and
Snow's Bill Texaco Service
right top cards and
14
Souther J L & Son.
left top lines and
46
Southern Foot Clinic
. . left side lines and
147
Spalding Greenhouse & Nursery
left bottom lines and
80
Spinning Wheel The.
78
Stanley Grill
left side lines and
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Schley and Williamson Inc Sealtest Southern Dairies Division National Dairy Products Corporation left top lines and 55 84
17 119
Roland W E Jewelry Co
front cover, right side lines and . . right bottom lines and
122 93 104
Perkins Home Furnishings Inc
.right side lines and 85 121
133 29
National Photo Supply Inc.
53 118
129 97 10
Owen's Esso Service. .
126 104 64 148
Modern Cleaners
92 82 16
Lewis Funeral Home.
131 131 131 66 47
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Stikeleather J G Co. .
Stroup Sheet Metal Works left bottom lines and 143
Sullivan Hardware Co of NC Inc .front cover, right top lines and
102
Sunset Cemetery
left top lines and
37
Superior Rug Cleaners .
136
Talman Office Supplies Inc. left side lines and
111
Taylor & Murphy .
left bottom lines and 48
Toot and Tell Drive-In
.right side lines and
135
Towne House Doughnut Co Inc.
right top lines and
19
Treadway Manor The
.left side lines and
87
Tucker Robert Co.
right bottom lines and
131
Tuskegee Cleaners .
33
20th Century Heating Co
right top lines, Z and
50
Vanderbilt George Hotel The
.front stencil and 88
WSKY Radio Asheville Inc
left bottom lines and
2
Walls & Reagan Oil Co Inc.
.left side lines and
67
Warren Safe & Lock Co
Westall Henry Co Inc
.left side lines and
Western & Southern Life Insurance Co The.
. right bottom lines,
95
White L A Sheet Metal Works
.left side lines and
144
Whitehead's Flowers.
64
Williams A C Plumbing & Heating Co.
left side lines, 85 and
120
Wilson-Hennessee Funeral Home .
. . left side lines and
75
Wilson Max E Spring & Body Works.
. left bottom lines and
13
Winner's Inc .
left top lines and 58
Woodfin Coal, Ice & Fuel Oil Co
38
Yellow Cab of Asheville Inc
.right side lines and
153
Young's Sheet Metal Works
.right side lines and
143
Youngblood Truck Lines Inc.
.left side lines and
160
30
Superior Coal Co of Asheville Inc
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ASHEVILLE
"IN THE LAND OF THE SKY"-"EASTERN GATEWAY CITY TO THE GREAT SMOKY MOUNTAINS NATIONAL PARK"
(Courtesy Asheville Chamber of Commerce)
Statistical Review
Form of Government-Council-manager.
Population-City proper, 53,000; metropolitan area, 124,403 (1950 U. S. Census).
Area-14.7 square miles.
Altitude-2,340 feet above sea level.
Climate-Mean annual temperature, 55.8 degrees F .; average annual rain- fall, 38.11 inches.
Parks-15, with total of 419.6 acres, valued at $516,529.
Assessed Valuation-(City-County) -$187,455, 761 (1957), with $3.62 per
$100 valuation tax rate. Assessment based on 40 per cent of market value.
Financial Data-4 commercial banks. Clearings for 1957, $928,733,529.00. Postal Receipts -- $936,413,38 (1957).
Telephones in Service-39,370 (1957).
Churches-92, representing practically all denominations.
Industry-Chief industries of city and surrounding territory: Resortbusi- ness, manufacturing, lumber and tobacco. Principal manufactured products of city and vicinity: Blankets, textiles, flour and feed, furniture, mica products, packing products, fine papers, printing and publishing products, cigarette pa- pers, rayon and nylon yard cellophane, and electronic devices, machine parts, precision parts for machinery, rugs and carpets, parachutes and baby foods.
Trade Area-Retail area covers 20 counties, with total population of 537, - 900 (Jan. 1, 1958).
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Newspapers-2 dailies, combined as one paper on Sunday, and 1 weekly. Hotels -- 8. Also more than 70 motor courts.
Railroads-Southern.
Highways-U. S. 19, 23, 25, 70 and 74, 34,532 miles of hard-surfaced roads in the state. The Blue Ridge Parkway from Shenandoah National Park to Great Smoky Mountains National Park is virtually completed from Roanoke to Ashe- ville.
Airports -Asheville has a new all-weather, night and day airport now un- der construction. The present Asheville-Hendersonville airport, located at Flet- cher, south of Asheville. Handling flights of Delta, Capital and Piedmont air lines, its terminal building houses the Strato Chef Food Bar and the Interstate Airways Communication Station of the CAA. This airport has 3 paved runways, 4,000 feet long, and a complete lighting system for night flying. Air Traffic Control Tower. It is well equipped with 3 large hangars, licensed mechanics and instructors, and 2 flying service operations which have training schools, air taxi service and aerial photography. The highway direction signs starting at the Langren Hotel clearly mark the route down Biltmore Ave., turning left in Bilt- more and out the Sweeten Creek Road to the airport.
Amusements -- Largest auditorium in city seats 3,000 persons. 4 moving- picture theatres, with total seating capacity of 3,592 persons. Also 3 drive-in theatres. 4 golf courses.
Hospitals-3 general, with total of 567 beds, also orthopedic hospital and 2 nerve sanitariums, 1 private tuberculosis sanitarium and large government hospital nearby.
Education -- Institutions of higher learning include St. Genevieve-of-the Pines, Asheville School for Boys, Asheville-Biltmore College and Plonk School of Creative Arts. 6 parochial schools. 16 public schools, including 1 senior high school, 2 junior high schools and 8 elementary schools for whites, and 1 senior high school and 4 elementary schools for Negroes. Number of pupils in public schools, 10,000; teachers, 357. Value of public school property, $10,858,690.74.
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