Hill's Raleigh (Wake County, N.C.) City Directory [1941], Part 1

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Publication date: 1941
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GENERAL INDEX


Page


Abbreviations


24 and 25


Alphabetical Directory


25


Apartment Buildings 635


Associations and Clubs-Commercial 636


Banks and Trust Companies 642


Buildings-Office and Public


647


Bus and Coach Lines-Motor


648


Buyers' Guide .opp


584


Cemeteries


649


Chamber of Commerce


427


Churches


650


City Courts


427


City Officials


427


Classified Business Directory


633 652


Clubs


654


Convents


658


County Government


533


Fire Department


428


Fraternity and Sorority Houses


665


Golf Clubs and Courses


670


Halls


673


Homes and Asylums


675


Hospitals and Dispensaries


675


Labor Organizations


684


Libraries


688


Newspapers


693


Parks and Playgrounds


696


Police Department


428


Post Office


526


Railroads


702


Schools -- Parochial


707


Schools-Public


708


Schools, Colleges and Academies


708


Societies-Benevolent and Fraternal


710


Societies-Miscellaneous


711


Societies-Patriotic 711


State Officials 381


Street and Avenue Guide and Householders' Directory . 721


United States Government 525


398920


Clergymen


INDEX TO ADVERTISERS


PAGE NUMBERS BELOW REFER TO THE BUYERS' GUIDE SECTION


Page


Adams & Terry


. right side lines and 40


Adickes Thos W


.right side lines and 30


Allen David G


Allen's Service Station


Allison & Betts .


left top lines and


Allsbrook-Spiers Inc


left side lines and


Atlantic Fire Insurance Co


Bagwell & Bagwell right side lines and


Baker & Rawls Roofing Co


.right side lines and


Ball & Co


. back cover and


Beaty Wm T


Boylan-Pearce Inc right side lines and


Brawley Jewelry Co


Briggs Thos H & Sons Inc .. right top lines and


Brown Funeral Home Inc


. back cover and


Bynum Printing Co


. front cover and


Byrd Roofing Co


right bottom lines and


Calder Plumbing & Heating Co.


.right bottom lines and


Capital Auto Co ..


right bottom lines and


Capital Coca-Cola Bottling Co Inc The. . front cover and left top lines


Capital Ice & Coal Co Inc ..


. back cover and


Carolina Appliance & Stoker Co.


left bottom lines and


Carolina Buick


Carolina Builders Corp. .backbone, right side lines and


Carolina Hardware Co Inc. left top lines and


Carolina Power & Light Co front cover and


Carolina Realty Co


.right top lines and


Carolina Service Station


right side lines and


Carolina Storage & Distributing Co


Carroll H Elbert


Chamblee Insurance Agency left side lines and


Cherokee Brick Co


Circle Oil Co Inc


. back cover and B 20 18


City Drug Store right bottom lines and


City Ice & Fuel Co left side lines and 15 8 6 Clark Art Shop right top lines and Clement's Service Station Cline F D left side lines and 17 Connell Realty & Mortgage Co 41 Connor Williams & Moore .left top lines and 27 Cross & Linehan Co right top lines and 14 6 Dean's Garage Denton Edwin V 41 Durham Life Insurance Co of Raleigh N C .... right top lines and 30 Faucette Henry F right side lines and 41 15 Ferguson Coal Yard Ferguson Service Drug left side lines and 18 23 Fidelity Oil Co 9 First-Citizens Bank & Trust Co. right top lines and First Federal Savings & Loan Assn of Raleigh. .. back cover and 12 Fowler's Nursery .right bottom lines and General Air Conditioning Co .left side lines and 37 23 Gould-Morris Electric Co left side lines and 19 Gupton Oscar W 45 2 Hanger J E Inc Hardbarger's Miss Secretarial and Business School. . left top lines and 13 Heater Well Co right side lines and 47 20


Heilig & Meyers


left side lines and


Hobby's Shoe Shop


left side lines and


Holland Furnace Co


Hood-Model Dry Cleaning Co


Hotel Carolina


Hotel Raleigh


Hudson Ivey N


Ideal Plumbing & Heating Co


Insulation Co Inc


Interstate Amiesite Co left bottom lines and


Iseley Geo A Insurance Agency.


left top lines and


Jefferson Standard Life Insurance Co


Johnson-Lambe Co . right side lines and


Johnson Mattress Co


right side lines and Jolly's Inc


Kirchofer & Arnold Inc


left side lines and


31 45 33 32 32


12 3 27 21 A 27 42 26 30 17 32 21 B 39 2


37 5


Y 19 5 x 22 18 40 3 46 38 27


left side lines and 10 45 23 14 24 24 28 38 left side lines and 25 3 28


Herring Sash & Door Co


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Lambert M Ashby


Land's Inc


Lassiter O N


. right side lines and


Lisk Clothing Store


left side lines and


Maness Harvey C


left bottom lines and


31


Martin Millwork Co


.top and bottom stencils and


34


Martin-Yelverton Co


.left bottom lines


Matthews Shade Shop


.right side lines and


Meredith College .


right top lines and


Merriman Motors Inc


left top lines and


Merritt Coal Co Inc


Mitchell Funeral Home Inc Mitchell Printing Co ..


Montfort Plumbing


Heating Co . left side lines and 38


Moore W L & Son.


right bottom lines and


19


Moore & Johnson Co


.left side lines and


28


Morgan Arthur B


.right top lines and


28


Murray Hugh H jr.


right bottom lines and


Muse Carey C


left side lines and


Myatt W A Co Inc


Neiman's Inc .right top lines and 33 6


Newberne's Garage Inc right side lines and


News & Observer The left side lines and 36 O K Clothing Co 15 26


O'Berry & McCulloch Inc


right side lines and


Oldham & Worth Inc


Parham Kennon W


Parker Transportation Co


Parker V O Co


Peace Junior College


. left top lines and


Pine State Creamery Co


Pullen A M & Co


Raleigh Awning & Shade Co.


8


Raleigh Brick Co


left side lines and 11


Raleigh Building & Loan Assn


.. front cover and 13


Raleigh Glass & Mirror Co


.right side lines and


Raleigh Hudson Co.


left side lines and


Raleigh Industrial Bank


.right side lines and


Raleigh Nash Co


.right side lines and


Raleigh Sales & Service Corp.


. right bottom lines and


Rawls Motor Co


.left top lines and


Reliable Fur Storage Co


right bottom lines and


Rogers Bros Service Corp


.right side lines and


StMary's School & Junior College


Sanders Motor Co Inc


.front cover and 4 33


Sanitary Laundry, Cleaners & Dyers Inc


Security National Bank


.right top lines and 10 43


Serv-Air Inc


Shaw University left side lines and 16 7


Sir Walter Chevrolet Co


Sir Walter Hotel Garage .right side lines


Standard Cinder Block Co . left side lines and State Capital Life Ins Co 14 31 20


Steinmetz H


Stephenson C H Music Co


Strickland Grover C


back cover and


Thiem Jas E


. front cover and


Y


Thompson Electrical Co Inc


left top lines and


19 15


Tour Inn


. right side lines and 24


Union Central Life Insurance Co.


. right bottom lines and


30


Uzzle Wilson Inc


right side lines and 8


Wachovia Bank & Trust Co


left top lines and


10 8 37


Weems Wm G


right side lines and


Welch Coal & Oil Co


left side lines and 37 16 25


White Dairy Products Co


.right bottom lines and


Williams Alfred & Co


front cover, left bottom lines and x


29


Willis J F Sheet Metal Works


. back cover and


22


Yancey & Dixon .left side lines and


Yates Auto Service Inc .right top lines and


29 5


Young Men's Christian Assn. left side lines and 22


45 17 2


Raleigh Gas Co


.right side lines and


21


21 7


9 7 44 47 4


Raleigh Welding Works


.front cover and 11 2 .backbone and 46 40 43


Peden Steel Co


right top lines and 39


47 43 6 16 Z


stencil and


32 33


14


White Coal Co


Williams J Clay


'Williams Thos R & Sons right bottom lines and 9 44


Wyatt Job P & Sons Co


left side lines and 3


Tire Sales & Service Co Inc


left top lines and 35 42 46


Strop Taxi Co


Thorn's 'Capitol Shop


Watkins Tire & Battery Co. left side lines and


20 7 42


INDEX TO ADVERTISERS


29 41 11


INTRODUCTION


HILL DIRECTORY CO., Inc., publishers of Southeastern Directories, present to subscribers and the general public, this, the 1941 edition of the Raleigh City Directory.


Confidence in the growth of Raleigh's industry, popula- tion and wealth, and in the advancement of its civic and social activities, will be maintained as sections of this Direc- tory are consulted, for the Directory is a mirror truly re- flecting Raleigh 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 resi- dents, the publishers 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 pertaining to the city.


Four Major Departments


The four major departments are arranged in the follow- ing order :-


THE ALPHABETICAL LIST OF NAMES of residents and business and professional concerns is included in pages 25 to 583, 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 Raleigh, and the name, official personnel, nature and address of each firm and cor- poration in the city.


THE BUYERS' GUIDE, preceding the Classified and separately paged from 1 to 48, on goldenrod paper, contains the advertisements of leading manufacturing, business and professional interests of Raleigh. The advertisements are indexed under headings descriptive of the business repre- sented. This is reference advertising at its best, and merits a survey by all buyers eager to familiarize themselves with sources of supply. In a progressive community like Raleigh, the necessity of having this kind of information immediately available, is obvious. General appreciation of this fact is evidenced by the many reference users of this City Directory service.


THE CLASSIFIED BUSINESS DIRECTORY is included in pages 633 to 718, on yellow paper. This department lists the names of all business and professional concerns in al- phabetical order under appropriate headings. This feature constitutes an invaluable and indispensable catalog of the numerous interests of the community. The Directory is the common intermediary between buyer and seller. As such it plays an important part in the daily activities of the commercial and professional world. More buyers and sellers meet through the Classified Business Directory than through any other medium.


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THE DIRECTORY OF HOUSEHOLDERS, INCLUDING STREET AND AVENUE GUIDE, on pink paper, covers pages 721 to 850. In this section the names of the streets are arranged in alphabetical order; the numbers of the resi- dences 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 re- spective crossing points on each street. Features of this sec- tion are the designation of tenant-owned homes and the designation of homes and places of business having tele- phones.


Municipal Publicity


The Directory reflects the achievements and ambitions of the city, depicting in unbiased terms what is has to offer as a place of residence, as a business location, as a manu- facturing 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 per- petual and reliable advertisements of Raleigh.


The Raleigh Directory Library


Through the courtesy of the publishers of the Raleigh City Directory, a Directory Library is maintained in. the offices of the Raleigh Chamber of Commerce, for free refer- ence by the general public. This is one of more than 500 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., Publishers.


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RALEIGH


"THE PROGRESSIVE CAPITAL OF A PROGRESSIVE STATE"


(Furnished by Raleigh Chamber of Commerce)


STATISTICAL REVIEW Population


A corporate population of 46,897-16th Federal Census. A 24.8% increase, 10 years, 1930-40. Population of city and environs, 55,000.


Population within a radius of 50 miles, 700,000 (esti- mated).


Climate


A mild, healthful climate, an average temperature of 60.3 degrees F. Altitude, 363 feet above sea level. A mean annual rainfall of 46.88 inches.


Education


A recognized center of education.


A State college (branch of the Greater University of North Carolina), including 4 schools-agriculture and fores- try, engineering, textile, and the basic division.


St Mary's-Largest Episcopal girls' school in the U. S. Meredith-A-grade Baptist College for women.


Peace-A Presbyterian junior college for women.


Shaw and St. Augustine-A university and college for colored students.


17 public schools in Raleigh-12 white and 5 colored.


3 parochial schools and 4 business colleges.


VIEW OF FAYETTEVILLE STREET LOOKING SOUTH FROM THE CAPITOL


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A State library, 79,000 volumes and 6,500 newspapers, a municipal library, 32,123 volumes.


A State museum of natural history, the largest in the South.


State Historical Museum located in new State Office Building.


9,500 pupils and 276 teachers in public schools.


Recreation


4 golf courses; 3 public, 1 private. 1 public tennis club. 13 public park areas; playgrounds.


A municipal auditorium seating 4,000. 3 public swim- ming pools. 2 stadia for athletics. 8 theatres, seating total of 7,000.


Transportation


A municipal airport-on north and south air mail and passenger routes between New York and Miami. 2 air lines -Pennsylvania Central and Eastern.


3 railroads-Seaboard, Southern and Norfolk Southern.


2 passenger motorbus lines; 12 motor-truck freight lines:


100 passenger busses arriving in city each day, and 100 departing.


22 passenger trains arriving in and departing from the city daily.


Highways-U. S. 1, 15A, 64, 70 and 70A; State 50 and 59.


General Data


Form of Government-Commission.


Area-7.5 square miles.


44 industries, employing 1,191 workers; annual value of products, $5,282,333. Principal products: Textiles, fertilizer, airplane propellers, fabricated steel, cottonseed products, mattresses and medicines.


4 State banks, 1 national. 2 building and loan associa- tions.


3 life and 2 fire insurance home offices.


578 retail stores, with net sales for 1935 of $18,313,000; employing 2,585 persons earning $2,182,000 annually.


76 wholesale and jobbing firms, with an annual business of $22,085,888.


Retail area has radius of 50 miles, and population of 700,000; wholesale area, radius of 100 miles, and population of 1,876,890.


35 semi-industrial concerns employing 3,259, having an annual payroll averaging $4,324,000.


State departments and institutions in Raleigh employ 3,300 persons, with payroll of $4,815,000.


Property Valuation-$51,000,000 (estimated).


Bonded Debt-$5,129,000 (all bonds, including water department bonds).


Postal Receipts-$687,441.76 (calendar year 1940).


Telephones in Service-13,613.


Churches-68, representing 18 denominations.


Building and Construction-Value of building permits, $2,143,525 (1940).


Newspapers-1 daily and Sunday, 2 dailies and 3 week- lies.


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Hotels-12, with total of 1,200 rooms. Hospitals-5, with total of 1,500 beds.


City Statistics-


Total street mileage, 107.9, with 64.6 miles paved. Num- ber of gas meters, 4,657; light meters, 12,800. Daily pump- ing capacity of water works (municipal), 8,000,000 gallons; auxiliary sources of supply, 5,040,000 gallons; average daily consumption, 4,416,576 gallons; miles of mains, 133.76; num- ber of connections, 10,300; value of plant, $2,275,000. Fire department has 56 men, with 5 stations. 573 hydrants, and full motorized equipment valued at $100,000. Police depart- ment has 56 men, with 1 station and 10 pieces of motor equipment.


Wake County Statistics-Area, 824 square miles; popula- tion, 109,544 (1940 U. S. Census); number of farm families, 7,153; estimated value of crops in 1935, $10,000,000; value of farms, $20,140,000.


NORTH CAROLINA STATE CAPITOL


GENERAL VIEW


Raleigh is conveniently located on the main highways between the North and South, in the east-central portion of the state, in rolling country, on the fringe of that section of the Carolinas often referred to as the Piedmont.


Raleigh offers many attractions to the person interested in sports. There are four golf courses, a country club, swim- ming pools, riding trails. The streams and ponds surround- ing Raleigh offer a variety of fishing material. The city is conveniently located to the famous fishing and hunting centers of the coastal section.


Raleigh has twelve hotels serving upwards of 50,000 guests yearly. The rates are reasonable.


Whether one is looking for a central point for distribu- tion, for headquarters or branch-office location, or for some quiet and peaceful place to spend his declining years, Raleigh will have something about it that will please. The town is one of the beauty spots of the state. In Raleigh's business section one will find Colonial architecture surrounded by


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modern office buildings. Throughout the city are quaint remnants of the old South, interspersed with the modern design of the new South. The people are friendly, courteous and hospitable. Regardless of what one expects of a home town, he will find that everything in Raleigh will fascinate him.


HISTORIC RALEIGH


Raleigh abounds in historic eminence and noteworthy tradition. The first English settlement in America was made at Roanoke Island on the coast of North Carolina by Sir Walter Raleigh. The capital city of the state was named in his honor and in memory of this achievement.


The land upon which Raleigh had its beginning was purchased in 1792 as a location for the establishment of the state capital. The first capitol building was completed in 1794 and destroyed by fire in 1831. The present building, over 100 years old, is a recognized example of Doric architec- ture with few equals. It is noted for its beauty and design.


The 17th President of the U. S., Andrew Johnson, was born here. This famous old home now stands as a shrine in Pullen Park.


The State Hall of History here, with its collection of North Carolina historical records and important archives, attracts much interest.


Wakefield, the home of Joel Lane, erected in 1760, is owned and preserved by the Carolina Dames. This colonial home was erected in the old town of Bloomsbury, which was the county seat of Wake County, in 1771.


The oldest bank building in North Carolina still stands on the property of Christ Church. It is the present rectory. It was built in 1795 as the State Bank.


Many visitors in Raleigh are likewise interested in monuments and memorials of famous North Carolinians on Capitol Square and in State department buildings.


Three points of special beauty in Raleigh are Dix Hill, Country Club, and the Federal Cemetery.


A CENTER OF EDUCATION


Raleigh, with six colleges and an excellent public school system, has long been recognized as an outstanding center of education.


The North Carolina State College of Agriculture and Engineering was established by legislative enactment in 1889. It is one of the leading agricultural and mechanical colleges in the South. There are 30 major buildings in the plant. It had an enrollment-constantly growing-of 2,500 in 1939. It embraces four schools-Agriculture and Forestry, Engi- neering, Science and Business and Textile.


Meredith College, a Baptist college for women, was opened in 1897. For many years it was located near the Capitol and now occupies a modern plant completed in 1925, two miles from the city on the Hillsboro Road. Courses are offered in arts, sciences and music. The enrollment in 1937 was 544.


St. Mary's School and Junior College, operated by the Episcopal Church of the Carolinas, was founded in 1842. The highest standards are maintained, with all academic courses fully accredited by the Southern Association. The


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annual sessions offer the students 35 weeks of classroom work. An average of twenty states are represented in an- nual enrollment, which, in 1940, was 282.


Peace, a junior college for women, owned by the Pres- byterians of North Carolina, was opened in 1872. It offers standard and general junior college courses, college prepara- tory course, and special courses in art, music, home econom- ics and commercial subjects. A number of modern build- ings have been added recently, and the enrollment has grown rapidly. In 1940 it was 288.


The North Carolina School for the White Blind was established by legislative enactment in 1845. The present plant was completed in 1923 at a cost of $1,300,000. It is a standard high school and the only one of its type in the U. S. with this rating. It specializes in vocational training.


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The well-equipped and modern public school system of Raleigh has 17 buildings, including two high schools. There are also three parochial schools.


King's Business College, Hardbarger's Secretarial School, Hoyle's Secretarial School, and Raleigh School of Commerce are well-organized colleges here for business training.


St. Augustine's College (Episcopal) for colored men and women was opened in 1868. It includes the Bishop Tuttle School and the St. Agnes Training School for Nurses. It has 110 acres of land in the northeast section of the city. St. Agnes Hospital is operated in conjunction with this institu- tion.


The State School for the Negro Deaf and Dumb was established in 1868. A new plant erected at a cost of $250,- 000, is located on Highway No. 70, three miles southeast of the city.


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Shaw University, founded in 1865, is the oldest institu- tion in the South for the education of colored men and wo- men. The university has 11 buildings. Degrees of A. B. and B. S. are conferred.




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