Hill's Raleigh (Wake County, N.C.) city directory [1937], Part 1

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CITY DIRECTORY Vol. 1937 XXVII


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Page


Abbreviations


24


Alphabetical Directory 25


Apartment Building's 815


Associations and Clubs-Commercial


816


Banks and Trust Companies


821


Buildings-Office and Public


827


Bus and Coach Lines-Motor


828


Buyers' Guide opp


776


Cemeteries


Chamber of Commerce


Churches


City Courts


City Officials


Classified Business Directory


Clergymen


Clubs


833


Convents


836 590


Fire Department


Golf Clubs and Courses


Halls


Homes and Asylums


Hospitals and Dispensaries


352


Labor Organizations


852


Libraries


866 869 870


Newspapers


Parks and Playgrounds


874 474


Police Department


Post Office 582 879


Railroads


Schools-Public 884


Schools, Colleges and Academies 884


Societies-Benevolent and Fraternal 886


Societies-Miscellaneous 887 State Officials 424


Street and Avenue Guide and Householders' Directory 649 United States Government 581


829 474 829 474 474 813 831


County Government


474 847 850 852


Museums


INDEX TO ADVERTISERS


PAGE NUMBERS BELOW REFER TO THE BUYERS' GUIDE SEC- TION, THE YELLOW PAGES.


Page


Adams & Terry


.right bottom lines and 30


Allen David G.


Allen Forge & Welding Co.


.left bottom lines


Allen's Service Station


4


Allison & Betts .. .


right side lines


Allsbrook-Spiers Inc.


. left bottom lines


Ammons-King Inc


right center lines and 14


Armor Insulating Co.


right top lines and 18


Atlantic Fire Insurance Co


right bottom lines


Bagwell & Bagwell.


right bottom lines


Baker & Rawls Roofing Co.


right side lines and


32


Beaty Wm T ..


22


Blue Bird Taxi Co.


34


Bocock-Stroud Co. left side lines


Boylan-Pearce Inc. left top lines and 15


Briggs Thos H & Sons Inc.


right top lines and 17


Brown's Funeral Home


left side lines


Bynum Printing Co


front cover


Byrum A H


11


C C Motor Co.


7


Callahan J W & Co Inc. right top lines and 30


Campbell Bros Inc. opposite title page


Capital Coco-Cola Bottling Co The left top lines and


11


Capital Ice & Coal Co Inc. . back cover


Capital Printing Co left bottom lines


Carl's Motor Co. . left center lines


Carolina Buick Co


7


Carclina Builders Corn


backbone and 12


Carolina Florists


left side lines


Carolina Hardware Co Inc.


right side lines and 17


Carolina Power & Light Co front cover and 25


Carolina Realty Co ... left top lines


Carolina Printing Co. .right side lines


Carter R C & Co.


2


Cherokee Brick Co


. back cover


City Garage


left side lines


City Ice & Fuel Co ..


left side lines


31


Connor & Ruffin.


left top lines and


19


Correll Coal Co.


right bottom lines


Crescent Insurance Agency Inc.


20


Cross & Linehan Co. .right top lines


Denton E V .. .


31


Dickson R S & Co Inc.


Direct Advertising Service.


Dodd O W Roofing & Sheet Metal Works.


.right side lines


Drewry-Maupin Inc.


right side lines


Dupree's Cleaners


Durham Life Insurance Co.


.right top lines and


Dutch Tavern


left side lines and 32


Eckerd's of Raleigh, N C, Inc right center lines


Edwards & Broughton Co.


29


31


Firestone Auto Supply & Service Stores.


First-Citizens Bank and Trust Co ... right bottom lines and


First National Realty & Investment Co. left center lines and 29


Gary Beverage Co. left center lines Gem Watch Shop


George C F


Goodwin-Smith Furniture Co. right top lines


Gould-Morris Electric Co left side lines Grimes & Vass


20


Hardbarger's Miss Secretarial & Business School. . . left side lines


Heileg & Mvers right side lines


Hodges Dan M


left


side lines


20


Holland Furnace Co.


Ferguson S Johnson .right side lines and


14 7 9


24 20


Gupton


O W


.left center lines


14


22


Connell Realty & Mortgage Co.


23 3


Faucette Henry F


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INDEX TO ADVERTISERS


Page


Hotel Carolina


18


Ideal Paint & Wall Paper Co.


28


Jack's Grill


right side lines


Jolly's . . .right side lines


King's Business College


13


Kirchofer & Arnold Inc.


front cover and 23


Lambert M Ashby


30 28


Lee O J & Sch


Lewis Sporting Goods Co left side lines


Lisk's Clothing Store.


.left side lines


Mansion Park Hotel


Marchant Calculating Machine Co.


. bottom stencil and


Martin-Yelverton Co .... opposite name in Alphabetical Section and


16


Meredith College


.left top lines


Merritt Coal Co Inc.


15


Mitchell Funeral Home. ribbon book mark and 16


Mitchell Printing Co.


.left bottom lines


Montfort Plumbing & Heating Co


.front stencil and 28 26 21


Morgan Arthur B.


Mutual Auto Service .right side lines


Myatt W A Co Inc. left bottom lines


Nash-Steele Motor Co


back cover and


Nelson J Griff.


right center lines


Newberne's Garage Inc.


7


Newsom J D Inc. . right center lines and


31


Oak City Laundry


Occidental Life Insurance Co. .right bottom lines


Oldham & Worth Inc. . front cover and 12


Parham Kennon W.


Parker House


right center lines


Parker V O Co left top lines


Peace. A Junior College for Women.


right bottom lines and 32


Pine State Creamery Co


.left center lines


Powell T C & Son


.right side lines and 15 2


Fullen A M & Co


Quality Cleaners, Hatters and Dyers.


left center lines


Quality Creamery Co Inc The ..


left top lines


Quinn R E & Co.


left side lines


Raleigh Building & Loan Assn The


Raleigh Funeral Home Inc.


Raleighi Gas Co The ..


front cover and


Raleigh Industrial Bank


.right bottom lines and 9


Raleigh Laundry Inc


24 3


Raleigh Letter Writers Inc.


Raleigh Loan Office


26


Raleigh Mctor Co . left side lines and 8


.right side lines


8


Rawls Motor Co.


.right bottom lines


Reynolds Thos B. .


left center lines and 19


Russos Nick & Son Inc. right center lines


Saint Mary's School


33


Sanders Motor Co front cover and 5


Sanitary Laundry Cleaners & Dyers Inc. . opposite inside front cover Scarborough Wm T


35


Security National Bank


right top lines and 8


Seven-Up Bottling Co


left side lines


Sir Walter Chevrolet Co.


6


Sir Walter Hotel


left side lines


Sir Walter Hotel Garage


left center lines


State Capital Life Insurance Co. right center lines and 22


State Tire Garage


left center lines . back cover


Stephenson C H Music Co


Strop Taxi Co back cover and


Summers Electrical Co .right center lines


Swain Motors


6


Teague's Dry Cleaning


15 34


Thiem James E


right side lines


Thompson Electrical Co ..


. back cover


Tire Sales & Service Co Inc.


4


Tyner A M Co


3


Union Bus Station


13


Union Central Life Insurance Co.


23


Upshaw & Richardson


right side lines


18 14 27


Martin Willwork Co


Montlawn Memorial Park


5


24


2


right top lines and 13 35 17


Raleigh Nash Co


Raleigh Used Car Co


State Tire & Service Co Inc.


left top lines and 28 4


Terminix Co of North Carolina


Ulrich E Evans .left center lines


10


INDEX TO ADVERTISERS


Page


Vickers & Ruth Plumbing & Heating Co


inside front cover


Wachovia Bank Trust Co. .left side lines


Wake Tire Co


4


White-Hodgin Fuel Co Inc. . back cover


Williams Alfred & Co. front cover, left bottom lines and 10


Williams J Clay


21


Williams R S "Dick"


21


Willis J F Sheet Metal Works . back cover and 34


Wrenn Electric Service .. .left center lines


Wyatt Job P & Sons Co


left bottom lines


Yates Auto Service Inc.


top stencil and 8


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INTRODUCTION


HILL DIRECTORY CO., Inc., publishers of Southeastern Directories, present to subscribers and the general public, this, the 1937 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 Di- rectories in the estimation of the public, has been es- tablished by rendering the best in Directory service. With an unrivaled organization, and having had the courteous and hearty cooperation 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 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 646. 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 per- sonnel, nature and address of each firm and corporation in the city.


THE DIRECTORY OF HOUSEHOLDERS, INCLUDING STREET AND AVENUE GUIDE, covers pages 649 to 774. In this section the names of the streets are arranged in alpha- betical 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 con- cerns are placed opposite the numbers. The names of the intersecting streets appear at their respective crossing points on each street.


THE BUYERS' GUIDE, beginning opposite page 776 and separately paged from 1 to 36, printed on tinted paper, con- tains the advertisements of leading manufacturing, business and professional interests of Raleigh. The advertisements are indexed under headings descriptive of the business rep- resented. 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 813 to 894. This department lists the names of all business and professional concerns in alphabetical order under appropriate headings. This feature constitutes an


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invaluable and indispensable catalog of the numerous inter- ests of the community. The Directory is the common inter- mediary between buyer and seller. As such it plays an im- portant 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.


Municipal Publicity


The Directory reflects the achievements and ambitions of the city, depicting in unbiased terms what it has to offer as a place of residence, as a business location, as a manufacturing site and as an educational center. To broad- cast 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.


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 ref- erence 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 American Directory Publishers, under whose supervision the system 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.


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VIEW OF FAYETTEVILLE STREET LOOKING SOUTH FROM THE CAPITOL


RALEIGH


"A PROGRESSIVE CAPITAL OF A PROGRESSIVE STATE" (Furnished by Raleigh Chamber of Commerce)


STATISTICAL REVIEW Population


A corporate population of 37,379-15th Federal Census. A 53.1% increase, 10 years, 1920-30. Population now esti- mated at 45,000.


Population within a radius of 50 miles, 650,000 (Federal Census).


Climate


A mild, healthful climate, an average temperature of 60 degrees F. Altitude, 363 feet above sea level. A mean an- nual rainfall of 46.25 inches.


Education


A recognized center of education.


A State College (branch of the University of North Carolina), including 4 schools-agriculture and forestry, engineering, textile, and the basic division.


St. Mary's-Largest Episcopal girls' school of this de- nomination in the U. S.


Meredith-A Baptist A-grade 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.


1 parochial school and 3 business colleges.


A State library, 77,311 volumes; a municipal library, 29,336 volumes.


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


State Historical Museum located in Supreme Court Building.


Recreation


4 golf courses; 3 public, 1 private.


13 public park areas; playgrounds.


A municipal auditorium seating 4,000. A municipal swimming pool. A stadium for athletics. 4 theatres, seating total of 3,500.


Transportation


A municipal airport-on north and south air mail and passenger routes between New York and Miami.


3 railroads-2 main lines.


3 passenger motorbus lines; 12 motor-truck freight lines. 100 passenger busses arriving in city each day and 100 departing.


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


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General Data


44 industries, employing 1,191 workers; annual value of products, $5,282,333.


3 State banks, 1 national.


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.


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


State departments and institutions in Raleigh employ 2,213 persons, with payroll of $2,777,746.


Property Valuation-$44,500,000.


Postal Receipts-$546,393 (1936).


Total street mileage, 90, with 75 miles paved. Number of gas meters, 3,869; light meters, $9,700. Daily pumping capacity of water works (municipal), 7,000,000 gallons from both the main and auxiliary sources of supply; average daily consumption, 3,002,322 gallons; miles of mains, 115; number of connections, 8,930; value of plant, $1,875,000. Fire de- partment has 56 men, with 5 stations, 573 hydrants, and full motorized equipment valued at $100,000.


Wake County Statistics-Area, 824 square miles; popula- tion, 94,757 (1930 U. S. Census); number of farm families, 7,153; estimated value of crops in 1935, $10,000,000; value of farms, $20,140,000.


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 brooks surrounding 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 ten 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, Ra- leigh 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 surround- ed by 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.


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NORTH CAROLINA STATE CAPITOL


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 a hundred years old, is a recognized example of Doric architecture with few equals. It is noted for its beauty and design.


The seventeenth 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 Colonial 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.


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CAMPUS AND BUILDING SCENES AT FOUR RALEIGH COLLEGES


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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 1,700 in 1936. 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 1936 was 500.


St. Mary's School and Junior College is owned by the Episcopal Church of the Carolinas. The highest standards are maintained, with all academic courses fully accredited by the Southern Association. The annual sessions offer the students thirty-five weeks of classroom work. An average of twenty states are represented in annual enrollment.


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 courses, and special courses in art, music, home economics, and commercial subjects. A number of modern buildings have been added recently and the enrollment has grown rapidly.


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


The well-equipped and modern public school system of Raleigh has 18 buildings, including two high schools.


King's Business College and Hardbarger's Secretarial School are two 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. 10, three miles southeast of the city.


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


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THINGS TO SEE IN RALEIGH


STATE CAPITAL BUILDING-Located head Fayetteville Street. Monuments and public memorials on Capital Square: Senator Z. B. Vance, Gov. Charles B. Aycock, Dr. Charles D. McIver, Henry L. Wyatt, Worth Bagley, George Washington, Women of the Confederacy.


STATE LIBRARY, HALL OF HISTORY, SUPREME COURT ROOM-Located in Supreme Court Bldg., on East Morgan St. (Open 9:00 A. M. to 5:00 P. M.)


STATE MUSEUM-Located in Agricultural Bldg. Annex, Edenton and Halifax Sts. (Open 9:00 A. M. to 5:00 P. M.)


CHRIST CHURCH RECTORY-Located corner Wilming- ton and Edenton Sts. Built in 1818 to house State Bank. Used since 1873 as rectory.


GOVERNOR'S MANSION-Located on N. Blount St.


OLIVIA RANEY LIBRARY-Located corner Hillsboro and Salisbury Sts. (Open 11:00 A. M. to 9:00 P. M.)




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