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GENERAL INDEX
Page
Abbreviations
48
Alphabetical Directory
49
Apartment Buildings 490
Associations and Clubs-Commercial
491
Banks and Trust Companies
494
Buildings-Office and Public.
497
Bus and Coach Lines-Motor
497
Business Directory-Classified
489
Buyers' Guide
25
Cemeteries
498
Chamber of Commerce
296
Churches
498 296
City Fire Department
296
City Officials
296
City Police Department 297
Classified Business Directory
489
Clergymen
500
Clubs
501
County Government
356
Golf Clubs and Courses
509
Halls
511
Homes and Asylums.
512
Hospitals and Dispensaries
512
Index to Advertisers
8
Introduction
10
Labor Organizations
519
Libraries
522
Newspapers
525
Parks and Playgrounds
528
Railroads
530
Schools-Public 533
Schools, Colleges and Academies 533
Societies
535
Societies-Benevolent and Fraternal
535
State Officials 268
Street and Avenue Guide and Householders' Directory. 385
United States Post Office 352
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INDEX TO ADVERTISERS
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Allison & Betts. .right bottom lines
Auto Electric & Battery Co .right top lines and 27
Boylan-Pearce Co .left top lines and 32
Briggs Thos H & Sons Inc right top lines and 34
Carolina Builders Corp backbone and 30 32
Carolina Coal Company
. backbone and
26 38
Cascade Laundry
Commercial Printing Co Inc. Connor & Ruffin .left top lines and 35 31
42
Cross & Linehan Co. right top lines and
Drewry John C. marginal line front cover
Durham Life Insurance Co. .right top lines and 37
Edwards & Broughton Co
42
Gomez Angalo
41
Hotel Wright. left top lines
Hudson John W Jr Inc front stencil and 32
Johnson Chas E. right top lines and 36
Martin Millwork Co. bottom stencil and 40
Mitchell Funeral Home
front cover and
34 42
Mitchell Printing Co
Montfort Plumbing & Heating Co.
Montgomery Elizabeth M marginal line front cover and 41
44
Montgomery-Mutual Inc right top lines and
27
Moore & Johnson Co.
35
North Carolina Bank & Trust Co. .left top lines and 28
38
Oldham & Worth Inc. marginal line front cover and 30 28
Page Trust Co
Parker V O Co. 36 and Partin Chas R 42 39 Peace, A Junior College for Women. 44 38
Perry Walter N
Person Street Pharmacy 33
Pullen A M & Co. 26
Quinn R E & Co. 34
Raleigh Bonded Warehouse Inc
Raleigh Building & Loan Assn. .right bottom lines and 31
Raleigh-Nash Co. right side lines
Rawlings A Lee & Co .right side lines and 26
Reid & Smith
41
Reynolds Thos B
left top lines and 36
Oak City Laundry
3
Carter R C & Co.
INDEX TO ADVERTISERS
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Saint Mary's School
43
Sanitary Laundry
39
Southern Title Service Co.
45
Spencer Floral Co.
. right bottom lines and 33
Stephenson C H Music Co
left top lines and 41
Thiem James E. .right top lines
Thompson Electrical Co. right side lines and 33
Title Guaranty Insurance Co
front cover and 45
Warren's Transfer
45
White Joe M Auto Service back cover and 27
White & Hodgin Co
top stencil and
32
Whiting & Horton Co.
31
Williams Alfred & Co.
marginal line front cover, left top lines and 29
Williams James M & Co left top lines and 27
Williams & Williams
37
Yancey Robt G
right side lines and 37
1932
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INTRODUCTION
HILL DIRECTORY CO., Inc., publishers of the Raleigh City Directory, present to subscribers and the general public, this, the 1932 edition.
Confidence in the growth of Raleigh's industry, popu- lation and wealth, and in the advancement of its civic and social activities, will be created as sections of this directory are consulted, for the directory is a mirror truly reflecting Raleigh to the world.
The enviable position occupied by HILL'S directories in the estimation of the public, has been established by render- ing the best in directory service. With an unrivaled organi- zation, and having the courteous and hearty cooperation of the business and professional men and residents, the pub- lishers feel that the result of their labors will meet with the approval of every user, and that the Raleigh Directory will fulfill its mission as a source of authentic information per- taining to the city.
Four Major Departments
The several essential departments are arranged in the following order :-
THE BUYERS' GUIDE, pages 25 to 48, printed on tinted paper, contains the advertisements of leading manufactur- ing, business and professional interests of Raleigh. These pages will be found particularly interesting and instructive to substantial purchasing factors. The advertisements have been carefully grouped by departments and are indexed un- der headings descriptive of the business represented. This is reference advertising at its best, and, as such, merits a sur- vey by all buyers eager to familiarize themselves with sources of supply. The city's activities, in many interesting phases, are authentically pictured. In an ambitious and progressive community like Raleigh, the necessity of having this kind of information immediately available, is very great, and fre- quently, pressing. General appreciation of this fact is evi- denced by the liberal support the city directory enjoys in the many fields which it serves.
THE ALPHABETICAL LIST OF NAMES of residents, bus- iness firms and corporations is included in pages 49 to 384. A feature of this section is the inclusion of the wife's name in parentheses following that of the husband.
THE DIRECTORY OF HOUSEHOLDERS, INCLUDING STREET AND AVENUE GUIDE, covers pages 385 to 488. In this section the names of the streets and avenues are ar- ranged in alphabetical order; the residences and business houses are arranged numerically under the name of each street and avenue, and the names of householders and bus- iness concerns are placed opposite the numbers.
THE CLASSIFIED BUSINESS DIRECTORY is included in pages 489 to 540. This department lists the various manufacturing, mercantile and professional interests in al- phabetical order under appropriate headings. This feature constitutes an invaluable and indispensable epitome of the
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business interests of the community. "The Directory is the common intermediary between Buyer and Seller." As such it plays no small part in the daily doings of the business world. "More goods are bought and sold through the Classi- fied Business Directory than through any other medium."
Municipal Publicity
The directory reflects the achievements and ambitions of the city, depicting in truthful terms what it has to offer as a place of residence, as a business location, as an indus- trial site and as an educational center. To broadcast this information, the publishers have placed copies of this issue of the directory in Directory Libraries, where they are readily available for free public reference, and serve as perpetual and reliable advertisements of Raleigh, for business men, everywhere, realize that the city directory represents a com- munity as it really is.
The Raleigh Directory Library
Through the courtesy of the publishers of the Raleigh City Directory, a Directory Library is maintained in the of- fices of the Raleigh Chamber of Commerce, for free refer- ence by the general public. This is one of more than 450 Directory Libraries installed in the chief cities of the U. S. and Canada by members of the Association of North Ameri- can Directory Publishers, under whose supervision the sys- tem is operated.
The publishers appreciatively acknowledge the recogni- tion by those progressive business and professional men who have demonstrated their confidence in the city directory as an advertising medium, with assurance that it will bring a commensurate return.
HILL DIRECTORY CO., Inc.,
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AERIAL VIEW-FAYETTEVILLE ST. FRO
The handsome and well-equipped new auditorium, located convenient to the de dia entertain large conventions and public gatherings. It also gives Raleigh a uniquesta national conventions as well as conventions that embrace several states. In ad : the arranged assembly room in the basement is provided for conventions and business (sdf 6 necessary asset. The completeness of the auditorium, with its many conveniences, l both large and small, is available. Exhibits can be most attractively arranged on as the convention center of the state for several years. An average of 75 convenstat ress in providing a splendid auditorium. A thousand hotel rooms are available.
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the ss district, with ample parking space, places Raleigh in an enviable position to qu on as one of the few Southern cities with auditorium accommodations for aovo the large auditorium, with a seating capacity of approximately 4,000. a well- es: of 600 and less. The splendid, well-located committee rooms are a valuable and cellecially important and outstanding. Exhibit space, required by many conventions, ain floor. Raleigh as the state capital, centrally located, has been recognized on ve year meet here. The hotel accommodations are in keeping with Raleigh's prog-
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RALEIGH
THE PROGRESSIVE CAPITAL OF A PROGRESSIVE STATE (Facts and Information Compiled by the Raleigh Chamber of Commerce)
Statistical Review
Form of Government-Commission.
Population-City of Raleigh, 37,379; Raleigh Township, 43,- 182 (1930 U. S. Census).
Area- 7.5 square miles.
Altitude-363 feet.
Climate-Temperature almost ideal, practically never reach- ing zero in winter and practically never reaching 100 degrees in summer.
Parks-13 park areas.
Museums-State Museum, State Hall of History, State Art Museum.
Assessed Valuation-$52,314,352 (1931).
Financial Institutions-6 banks, with total resources of ap- proximately $26,000,000. Clearings for 1931, $85,568,- 907.42.
Postal Receipts-$417,880.20 (1931).
Telephones in Service-8,850.
Churches-48, representing leading denominations.
Building and Construction-Value of building permits for past 5 years averaged $3,054,000 annually.
Industry-42 manufacturing establishments, employing 1,- 481 workers, paying wages of $1,786,604 annually, and having products valued at $7,058,940 annually (last re- port).
Trade-Retail area has radius of 25 to 50 miles, and popula- tion of 650,000. Volume of retail business in 1930, $23,- 401,823. About 75 wholesale establishments, with total annual business of $12,500,000.
Newspapers-2 dailies.
Hotels-8, with total of 1,005 rooms.
Railroads-3: Seaboard Air Line (main line), Southern and Norfolk Southern.
Amusements-Largest auditorium seats 4,000 persons. 3 theatres.
Hospitals-3 public and 3 private.
Education-6 colleges: North Carolina State College of Agri- culture and Engineering; Meredith College, Baptist, "A" grade woman's college; Peace, Presbyterian, junior col- lege for women; St. Mary's School and Junior College, Episcopal, for girls; Shaw University, for colored; and St. Augustine's College, for colored; representing a total capital investment of $7,248,000, and having a total of
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540 officers and teachers and total enrollment of 4,500 students in 1931. Other institutions of higher learning are the North Carolina State School for the White Blind, the North Carolina State School for the Negro Blind and Deaf, King's Business College and Miss Hardbarger's Sec- retarial School. Wake Forest College, Baptist, with an enrollment of 700, located in Wake County. 17 public schools, including 2 high. 1 parochial school. Number of pupils in public schools, 8,500. Value of public school property, approximately $2,750,000.
Volumes in State and City Public Libraries-92,799.
City Statistics-Total street mileage, 90, with 75 miles paved.
Miles of sewers, 100, and of electric street railway, 12. Daily pumping capacity of water works (municipal), 7,- 000,000 gallons (from both the main and auxiliary sources of supply) ; daily average consumption, 3,032,000 gallons, with 115 miles of mains, 8,817 connections, and plant valued at $1,900,000. Fire department has 56 men, with full-motorized equipment, 5 stations and 555 hy- drants. Police department has 52 men, with 1 station and 6 pieces of motor equipment.
Wake County-824 square miles in area; 94,757 population (1930 U. S. Census) ; second county in state in farm pro- duction, with farm property valued at $2,983,752.
Notable Facts in Raleigh's March of Progress
Only six states in the United States-California, Florida, Michigan, Texas, Arizona and New Jersey-exceeded North Carolina in percentage of population growth between 1920 and 1930-23.9%. Raleigh's percentage of growth-53.1%- was more than twice as great as that of the state as a whole during this period.
Construction work in Raleigh of all types in the past 10 years represent an outlay of $30,000,000, an average of $3,- 000,000 annually.
Bank resources increased from $12,000,000 to $26,000,000, and deposits from $8,500,000 to approximately $18,000,000 during a ten-year period.
Investments in buildings and equipment of colleges and schools have grown from $3,400,000 to $7,500,000 in the past ten years. During the same period the student enrollment in colleges has increased from 1,350 to 3,800.
Municipal improvements necessitating an expenditure of over $3,000,000 to provide for present and anticipated needs have been made in the past few years.
The volume of retail trade has increased in the past six years to $23,000,000. The Raleigh retail sales area extends from 25 to 50 miles.
A first-class flying school has been provided at the Ra- leigh Airport. Raleigh is one of the regular stops on the East- ern Air Transport New York-South American trunk air line. The city and county co-operated in this development.
An up-to-date radio station, carrying both chain and local programs, has been provided by the Durham Life In- surance Co.
The North Carolina State Fair, with a group of hand- some new buildings, has been enlarged under State ownership and operation.
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Wake County provided a bond issue of $1,300,000, which has been expended to complete the hard-surfacing of all im- portant through highways in the county, in the interest of both local and tourist traffic.
Raleigh is a stop-over point for tourist traffic bound to Southern resorts. Highway developments have put this city at the forks of two leading Southern highways-Federal, No. 1, and the Coastal Route.
Eastern North Carolina is the section of the state with the greatest undeveloped potentialities, and Raleigh is the logical gateway and distributing point for this vast and fer- tile agricultural area.
Raleigh --. Old and New
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 from England. Of it, only old Fort Raleigh, its defense, now remains. Governor White left for England on Aug. 27, that year, expecting to return soon with more set- tlers and supplies. In 1591, when he came back, the colonists had gone without a trace. Then what is now North Carolina and all the rest of North America was "Virginia," named fan- cifully by Sir Walter Raleigh, in honor of his queen, the great Elizabeth.
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 un- alterable seat of government," it was also decreed that it should be named in Raleigh's honor. Since the establish- ment of the colony of 1663, there had been ten seats of gov- ernment, at only three of which were there structures de- signed to be of a permanent character. These places were Edenton, Brunswick and New Bern.
Raleigh's streets were named by the convention and the special commissioners appointed by the General Assembly, in honor of notable men and for the eight superior court dis- tricts. In like manner, the public squares were named for men to whom the state was indebted for conspicuous service.
The Raleigh of today, established, bought and paid for March 30, 1792, was the consummation of a well-laid and definite plan. The construction of the first capitol building was begun in 1793 and finished in Nov., 1794. This was later destroyed by fire. The present Capitol was built in 1840.
Raleigh's first school was St. Mary's, built prior to 1840. Thirty years later came Peace Institute, and then about 1900, Meredith College, while the Negro colleges, Shaw and St. Augustine's, date from 1867. In 1890 the State Agricultural and Mechanical College came into being. The State Prison was begun in 1869 and finished a number of years later. The Soldier's Home, with buildings of wood, was occupied in 1891. In 1876 the old "Palace" of the governors, long unoccupied, was secured for the first graded school. Some twenty years later the first high school was established in a building on the site of the "Palace."
At no capital in the country are there more buildings or institutions connected with the state government. These in- clude the present Capitol, which was built in 1840 of granite from a quarry owned by the State, considered by architects
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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 Building, State Highway Commission Building, Governor's Mansion, State Prison, State Hospital, State School for the White Blind, State School for Colored Deaf Mutes, State Laboratory of Hygiene, State Confederate Sol- diers' Home, North Carolina State College of Agriculture and Engineering, and State Fair Buildings.
In 1907 the completion of the Masonic Temple marked the advent of fireproof buildings, and then came, in 1911- 1915, 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 Au- ditorium. In fact, most persons, asked when Raleigh really began to grow, reply, "When it built the Auditorium." The Auditorium fixed this as the convention city of the state for all the greater public gatherings.
The end of the World War brought about another period of extensive development, and then came the State Hospital, the School for the Blind, the Agricultural Building, the beau- tiful Library Building, and other new structures at the North Carolina State College of Agriculture and Engineering; the Odd Fellows Building, the Meredith College, and public schools modern and fireproof; Sir Walter Hotel, the Profes- sional Building, the Carolina Hotel, the Raleigh Banking & Trust Building, the Capital Club's twelve-story office build- ing, and niany other structures; extensive street paving and municipal improvements, and the beginning of North Caro- lina's great highway construction program.
A Center of Education
Raleigh, with six colleges and an excellent school system, has long been recognized as an outstanding center of educa- tion.
The North Carolina State College of Agriculture and En- gineering was established by legislative enactment in 1889. It is one of the leading agricultural and mechanical colleges in the South. There are thirty major buildings in the plant. It had an enrollment of 2,000 in 1929. It embraces four schools-agriculture, engineering, science and business, and a graduate school.
Meredith College, a Baptist school for women, was open- ed in 1887. For many years it was located near the Capitol and now occupies a new plant completed in 1925, two miles from the city on the Hillsboro Road. Courses are offered in arts, sciences and music.
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