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INTRODUCTION
The present volume constitutes the 1927 edition of Hill Directory Co.'s Raleigh City Directory. The work embodies all available and vital data relating to the civic. commercial, financial and industrial interests and activi- ties of the municipality, and is complete in all its parts.
The publication has had the benefit and advantage of the complete organization of the publishers, of the skill and experience of their corps of compilers, and, added to this, the courteous co-operation of the citizens.
All the features embodied in previous editions are re- peated in this volume, with additions and improvements as suggested by experience, thus adding to the value and usefulness of this Directory.
The statistical review following this introduction clearly visualizes the many and varied advantages and characteristics of the city.
The several essential departments are arranged in the following order:
THE BUYERS' GUIDE, pages 17 to 76, printed on tinted paper, includes numerous advertisements of the leading manufacturing, business and professional inter- ests of Raleigh. These have been carefully grouped by departments and are indexed under classified headings and otherwise in various parts of the Directory. This is not display advertising primarily, however, but rather it is reference advertising at its best. A casual perusal of these advertisements will picture many interesting phases of the city's activities. In a progressive manufacturing city like Raleigh need for this kind of information readily at hand is very great, and the general appreciation of this need is evidenced by the liberal patronage the City Direc- tory enjoys in many and varied fields of activity.
THE ALPHABETICAL LIST OF NAMES of citizens, business firms and corporations is included in pages 77 to 620.
THE STREET AND AVENUE GUIDE AND DIREC- TORY OF HOUSEHOLDERS covers pages 621 to 744. In this section the names of the streets and avenues of Ra- leigh are arranged in alphabetical order, the residence and business houses are arranged numerically under the name of each street and avenue, and the names of house- holders and business concerns are placed opposite the numbers.
THE CLASSIFIED BUSINESS DIRECTORY is in- cluded in pages 745 to 816. This department lists the vari- ous manufacturing, mercantile and professional interests in alphabetical order by headings appropriate to the in- terests represented. This feature constitutes an invalu- able and indispensable epitome of the business interests of the community.
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GENERAL INDEX
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Abbreviations
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Alphabetical Directory
77
Banks
751
Building and Loan Associations
756
Buildings, Office and Loft
756
Cemeteries
758
Chamber of Commerce
474
Churches
170
Classified Directory
745
Clergymen
762
Courts
184
Elks
97
Fire Department
170
Halls
778
Hospitals and Asylums
780
Index to Advertisers
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Junior Order of U A M
345
Knights of Pythias
355
Labor Organizations
356
Libraries 793
Masonic Orders 398
Moose, Loyal Order of
374
Odd Fellows 316
Parks and Places of Amusement, etc
800
Police Department
171
Post Office 569 7
Preface
Schools and Colleges 808
Street and Householders' Directory
621
United States Post Office 569
619
YWCA
620
Publishers' Note
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City Government
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Clubs
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County Government
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INDEX TO ADVERTISERS
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Adkins & Champion
Allen Forge & Welding Co 56
Allison & Betts backbone and 64
Andrews Harness & Electric Shoe Shop 46
Atlantic Life Insurance Co
.marginal line back cover and
53
Auto Electric & Battery Co left side lines and 22
B & M Dry Cleaning Co
Battery Service Co
left side lines and
Biggs B W . right side lines and
Blackwood Tire Sales Co
Bland Hotel The
Boylan-Pearce Co Inc . right bottom lines and
Brantley John C right side lines and 41
Bratton John left bottom lines and 33 Briggs Thos H & Sons Inc right bottom lines and 46 Brogden Motor Co right top lines and Burroughs Adding Machine Co. . left bottom lines and 25 20 Bynum Printing Co 63 34
Byrum A H right bottom lines and
Capital City Laundry front cover ' and 54 Carolina Builders Corp left side lines and 35 Cascade Laundry Co 55 Chambliss T W left side lines and 49 29 49
Citizens National Bank .right bottom lines and College Ice Co
Commercial National Bank front cover and 30
Connor, Ruffin & Moore . left top lines and 50
Cooper Monument Co left bottom lines and 56 Cross & Linehan Co . left top lines and 37 43
Davis H C right side lines and
Dixie Oil Co front stencil and
60 18
Dixon, Russ & Carter
Dizor Battery Co left side lines and 22
Drewery John C
.right top lines and
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Durham Life Insurance Co .right top lines and
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Edwards & Broughton Co 63
Ford U-Drive-It-System Inc
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Gattis P D
left side lines and 42
Goodwin-Smith Furniture Co . left top lines and 45
Gorham Frank C & Co left side lines and 20
Griffin & Bland Hotel Co
47 and 48
Harris Dan Dr
36
Hayes-Barton Service Station
Heater Well Drilling Co Inc The
. marginal line back cover and
75
Hedrick Wm P Dr
61 67
Hood Brick Co
Hornaday & Faucette Inc left top lines and
Hotel Raleigh
48
Jennings Tire Co
back cover and 25 3
Jolly's
right top lines and .. 54
Kenyon-Thompson Co left side lines and 39
Lundy & Clark Inc .... marginal line back cover and 65 McDonald Paint & Specialty Co 2
McKinnon & McKee Inc
52
Mansion Park Hotel . front cover and 48 Martin & Cates Inc 37 51
Maupin A M right top lines and
Mechanics & Farmers Bank right side lines and
32 69
Meredith College
Mitchell Funeral Home right bottom lines and 45 63
Mitchell Printing Co
Montfort J B marginal line front cover and 62
51
Morris Plan Industrial Bank The.
right bottom lines and
31
Moseley T B & Son
64
Mulligan Furniture Co opp
44 76
Mutart Motor Co right top lines and 26
27 41
National Detective Bureau Co Inc
Noland Co Inc
62
Norwood Geo M Brick Co
33
Oak City Laundry
56
Oldham & Worth Inc
right bottom lines and 35
Parham K W
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Peace Institute 70
Person Street Pharmacy . left side lines and 42
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Home Light & Power Co Inc
34 65
Johnson Chas E
Moore & Johnson Co
Motor & Equipment Co
Nash Motor Sales Co .. marginal line front cover and
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Page Pine State Creamery Co .left bottom lines and 39
Public Service Letter Co . opp 77
Pullen A M & Co back cover and 18 46
Quinn R E & Co
Raleigh Bonded Warehouse Inc. . right side lines and 3
Raleigh Building & Loan Assn The .... back bone and Raleigh Iron Works Co
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Raleigh Roofing & Cornice Co Inc
left side lines and 72
Raleigh Transfer Co left bottom lines and
Rawlings A Lee & Co
Rawls Motor Co
. front cover and
Realty Loan & Trust Co . front cover and
Reavis P A left top lines and
Reid & Smith
Saint Mary's School
Sanders Motor Co Inc left bottom lines and
Sanitary Laundry .back cover and
Southern Detective Agency
Southern Storage Battery Co
Southern Title Service Co
Springler A G Dr . right side lines and
Staudt's Bakery . marginal line front cover and
Steinmetz Henry
Stephenson C H Music Co .left top lines and
Thiem Jas E
Thompson Electrical Co Inc bottom stencil and Tyner A M Co
Union Plumbing & Heating Co
Upchurch Bob
Wachovia Bank & Trust Co left top lines and
Walton's Pharmacy
Warner Bros
Warren's Transfer
West Morgan Street Service Station
White & Hodgin Co top stencil and
Willians Alfred & Co. left bottom lines and
Williams Thos & Son
Williams & Upchurch
Willis J F . marginal line back cover and
Woody Roofing & Shingle Co .back cover and 68
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Wyatt-Burruss Fuel Co .right top lines and Yancey Robt G marginal line front cover and 52
Yates Auto Service right side lines and 23
74 19 26 67 66 64 71 27 55 40 72 74 61 29 44 58
right top lines and 59 43 21 61 57 31 42 57 75 24 38 32 28 left side lines and 66 73
RALEIGH
The City of Raleigh, capital of the State, is the heart of North Carolina progress. It is a commercial and edu- cational 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.
The Capital City
At no capital in the country are there more buildings or institutions connected with the State government than in Raleigh. These include the Capitol, which was built in 1840 of granite from a quarry that was owned by the State, considered by architects to be one of the most perfect pieces of architecture in the country, the Administration Building, Agricultural Building, Hall of History, State Museum, State Departments Building, State Office Build- Ing, State Highway Commission Building, Governor's Mansion, State Prison, State Hospital for the Insane, State School for the White Blind, State School for the Colored Deaf Mutes, State Laboratory of Hygiene, State Confeder- ate Soldiers' Home, North Carolina State College of Agri- culture and Engineering, State Poultry Farm, State Ex- perimental Farm and State Fair Grounds.
Parks, Playgrounds, Libraries, Hotels and Theatres
There are thirteen public park and playground areas. The Capitol Square is situated in the center of Raleigh, four streets running north, south, east and west from it, being named for the earlier capitals of the State. There are ninety miles of streets, seventy miles of which are paved and all others improved.
Raleigh has two public libraries containing over 66,- 000 volumes; three hospitals, forty-seven churches of all
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denominations, a Y. M. C. A., costing $85,000, equipped with gymnasium, swimming pool, library and other de- partments of interest to its members, and a well-organized Y. W. C. A. The Olivia Raney Library was a gift to the city by the R. B. Raney, as a memorial to his wife. It is well equipped with both an adult and a children's depart- ment and contains 20,000 volumes. It is free to all white residents of Raleigh township.
There are five theatres, three movies and a city audi- torium with seating capacity of 5000. Two public swim- ming pools, several swimming clubs and a country club with an eighteen-hole golf course.
Raleigh has 793 hotel rooms: Sir Walter, 240; Yar- borough, 150; Bland, 110; Raleigh, 105; Mansion Park, 100; Wiley, 50; Giersch, 38.
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The building permits for 1920 were $862,322 and for 1926 were $3,252,564. Raleigh has eight banks. The bank clearances in 1926 were $137,166,757.
Raleigh has full motorized fire department. The city ranks first-class as to insurance rates. The assessed property valuation in Raleigh is $50,000,000. This does not include any State property, the valuation of which is several millions. The assessed property valuation of Wake County is $182,426.00 area, 824 square miles.
Noted as an Educational Center
Raleigh is an educational center, having thirty schools of various classes from grammar school to university. There are seventeen public schools with an attendance of over 7069. The number of students in other institutions is about 5000, making a total of over 12,069 students in Ra- leigh. There are six colleges and two preparatory schools for small boys and girls. The proportion of students in the schools of all classes is greater as compared to the whole population than any other city in the South.
North Carolina State College of Agriculture and En- gineering was established in 1885. The college confers the B. S. Degrees, offering practical and technical educa- tion in agriculture, horticulture, animal industry, civil engineering, mechanical engineering, electrical engineer- ing, highway engineering, chemistry, dyeing, agricultural engineering, textile engineering, agricultural economics and business administration. It also offers practical economics and business administration and practical train- ing in many branches of construction work.
Meredith College is the largest Baptist college for women in the State. It offers four general courses, con- ferring the A. B. and B. S. degrees and giving diplomas in music and art. A graduate from Meredith is accepted in Northern universities.
St. Mary's School for Girls is the largest Episcopal school for girls in the United States. The school offers preparatory work and two years college work, giving di-
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plomas in music, art, home economics, business and ex- pression. It was founded in 1842.
Peace Institute, a junior school for girls, was founded in 1857. The school offers preparatory work and two years college work, giving diplomas in music, art and all other courses. King's Business College is one of the leading business training institutions of the State, of which E. L. Layfield is president and owner. Hardbarger's Secretarial School is under the management of Miss Chess Hard- barger.
Manufacturing
Number of manufacturing establishments in Raleigh is 48; wage earners 1791; wages paid, $1,904,208; value of manufactured products, $8,728,537.
Raleigh has manufacturing plants which turn out cotton goods, underwear, structural iron, cotton oil, fer- tilizers, school supplies, books, chemical products, build- ing materials, monuments, candy and school desks.
There are eight printing houses and fifty-two news- papers and periodicals are published here. The extent of the business exceeds that of any city this size in the South based upon our population .
The Carolina Power & Light Company operates the street railway and supplies light and power to all manu- facturing plants. This company furnishes electricity to points between Raleigh and Roxboro to the northward, Goldsboro to the eastward, Durham to the westward, and Fayetteville to the southward. It obtains water generated electric power from the Buckhorn Falls on the Cape Fear River, ninety-seven miles distant. It also maintains here an auxiliary or reserve steam power plant. It has avail- able 100,000 horsepower for use.
This company also operates the gas plants in Raleigh and Durham. The gas supply in Raleigh amounts to 800,- 000 cubic feet daily.
Train Service
Raleigh is located on three railroads: Seaboard Air Line Railway, Norfolk-Southern and Southern. These railroads lead to all directions and afford excellent facili- ties for the business and shopping public. There are twenty passenger trains daily and very good freight and passenger service.
Distribution Facilities
Raleigh is the distributing center for a large territory, principally eastern Carolina. In addition to three rail- roads radiating in all directions there are 2000 miles of hard surface roads within a 100 miles radius and a popu- lation in this same territory of 1,802,000 (U. S. Census). Competitive freight rates between the ports of Norfolk to the north, Wilmington to the east and Charleston to the south, with local distribution freight rates comparing fav- orably with those of any Southern State.
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Raleigh is neither east nor west. It stands at the cross-roads, logically situated to serve economically a wide area, with easy access to the industrial Piedmont sec- tion and agricultural east.
Raleigh wholesalers are now distributing: adding ma- chines, auto accessories, automobile tires, barber supplies, bread, builders' supplies, cakes, candies, canned products, cash registers, drugs, farm implements, feeds, flour, gro- ceries, hardware, ice cream, lumber, machinery, mill sup- plies, meats, office furniture, office supplies, oils, optical supplies, paper, paints, plumbing and heating supplies, produce, provisions, road machinery, refrigerators, school books, tobaccos, sash and doors.
The platform facilities of the three railroads here will accommodate seventy-four cars. The daily number of package cars received and forwarded by the three railroads will average seventy-eight.
Highways
Raleigh is located on Federal Interstate Highway No. 1, which is the principal highway from Maine to Florida. The Capital to Capital, Calhoun, LaFayette and Bankhead highways also connect at Raleigh, the Capital of the Good Roads State. Interstate No. 1 is the great North and South tourist route which brings a large tourist patron- age to this city.
Agriculture
Raleigh is located in the center of a rich farming country. Here lands have doubled and in some instances trebled in value during the past five years. The country in this vicinity produces a great variety of crops, includ- ing corn, cotton, small grain, tobacco, sorghum, peas, and all sorts of truck, and in the County of Wake, of which Raleigh is the county seat, the corn-growing record of the United States has been broken by the production of 226 bushels on an acre and the cotton-growing record by the production of three and one-half bales on an acre.
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The Department of Commerce figures show the value of farms in Wake County to be $23,704,963, which is the second highest in the State. The adjoining County of Johnston stands first, with farm values at $25,777,998.
Insurance Center
Raleigh has five insurance companies with home of- fices here which have assets of $6,377,000. These com- panies are the Durham Life Insurance Company, Occi- dental Life Insurance Company, North Carolina Home In- surance Company and Atlantic Fire Insurance Company.
Pay Rolls
Raleigh's annual pay-roll from four specific sources amounts to over three and one-half million dollars. The annual State pay-roll in Raleigh, including all employees, is $1,350,000. This embraces employees in the State insti- tutions in Raleigh as well as the departments.
The Seaboard Air Line and Norfolk-Southern shops here have 425 employees. The annual pay-roll from this source is $800,000.
The colleges and schools in Raleigh, led by the North Carolina College of Agriculture and Engineering, have an annual pay-roll to the faculties and other employees of $1,065,150. These figures do not include the city schools.
The Carolina Power & Light Company which serves over seventy cities and towns in the Carolinas, with head- quarters offices here, has an annual pay-roll in Raleigh of $500,000.
These interesting figures show some of Raleigh's sources of income, and is an indication of the substantial development of the city. In the pay-roll figures for the colleges and schools there is no method of determining the large amount expended in Raleigh annually by the student population, which numbers around five thousand.
Other Raleigh pay-roll figures from : miscellaneous sources, largely confined to the printing industry, cotton mills, automobile garages and repair shops, lumber mills and machine shops have a pay-roll of $1,610,000 annually. The total for this amounts to $5,324,000.
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 Gov- ernor 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 un- married and who had made him a Knight. His high pur- pose was to found here "the British Empire in America."
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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 "gentlemen adventurers."
The inspiration of Sir Walter's great name persisted and when in 1787 the convention 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 building 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 ap- proach of the Federal Army, commanded by General Wil- liam T. Sherman.
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