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ASHEVILLE (Buncombe County, N. C.)
CITY DIRECTORY
1955
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 Pri- vate Citizens, 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 Information of a Miscel- laneous Character, also a
BUYERS' GUIDE
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Classified Business Directory FOR CONTENTS SEE INTRODUCTION AND GENERAL INDEX ON PAGE ILI
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INTRODUCTION AND GENERAL INDEX
PIEDMONT DIRECTORY CO., publishers of Miller's Asheville City Direc- tory (publishers of the Asheville City Directory since 1899), present to sub- scribers and the general public, this, the 1955 edition, which also includes Beverly Hills, Biltmore Forest (N. C. ), Broadview Park, East Biltmore, Gen- try Park, Lakeview Terrace, Linwood Park, Martel Mill Village, Morningside, Oakley, Oaklyn Park, Sayles Village, South Biltmore and Woodfin (N. C. ).
Confidence in the continued growth of Asheville's industry, population and wealth, and in the advancement of its civic and social activities, will be main- tained as sections of this Directory are consulted, for the Directory is a mirror truly reflecting Asheville to the world.
The enviable position occupied by the Asheville City Directory in the esti- mation of the public, has been established 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 pub- lishers 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.
Five Major Departments (Each department beginning with Page 1)
The five major departments are arranged in the following order :-
I. THE ALPHABETICAL LIST OF NAMES of residents and business and professional concerns is the first 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 and vicinity, and the name, official personnel, nature and address of each firm and corporation.
II. THE BUYERS' GUIDE, the second major department, printed on gold- enrod paper, contains the advertisements of leading manufacturing, business and professional interests of Asheville and vicinity. The advertisements are indexed under headings descriptive of the business represented. This is refer- ence advertising at its best, and merits a survey by all buyers eager to famil- iarize themselves with sources of supply. In a progressive community and famous resort like Asheville, the necessity of having this kind of information immediately available, is obvious. General appreciation of this fact is evi- denced by the many reference users of this City Directory service.
III. THE CLASSIFIED BUSINESS DIRECTORY is the third major depart- ment, printed on yellow paper. This department lists the names of all busi- ness and professional concerns in alphabetical order under appropriate head- ings. This feature constitutes an invaluable and indispensable catalog of the numerous interests of the community. The Directory is the common interme- diary 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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IV. THE DIRECTORY OF HOUSEHOLDERS, INCLUDING STREET AND AV- ENUE GUIDE, on pink paper, is the fourth major department. 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 con- cerns 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 this section are the designation of tenant-owned homes and the designation of homes and places of business having telephones.
V. THE NUMERICAL TELEPHONE DIRECTORY, on blue paper, is the fifth major department.
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Community Publicity
The Directory reflects the achievements and ambitions of the community, depicting in unbiased terms what it has to offer as a place of residence, as a business location, as a resort, as a manufacturing 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 a- vailable for free public reference, and serve as perpetual and reliable adver- tisements of Asheville and vicinity.
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INDEX TO ADVERTISERS
PAGE NUMBERS BELOW REFER TO THE BUYERS' GUIDE SECTION, THE YELLOW PAGES
Page
Allanstand Craft Shop
90
Allen Asheville Transfer & Storage Co
162
Allied Roofing Co. left side lines and 149
Anders-Rice Funeral Home
79
Anderson Brown Patrol Inc.
128
Arden Body Shop left side lines and
3
Arden-Oakes Kennels
Asheville Bedding Co
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Asheville Biltmore Hotel .
left side lines and
Asheville Cab Co .
left bottom lines and
Asheville Citizen-Times Publishing Co left top lines, Z and
120
Asheville Cleaners & Dyers top stencil and
38 68 153
Asheville Federal Savings & Loan Assn. front lip margin and
Asheville Fish Co Inc.
right side lines and
Asheville Ice & Storage Co Inc
right bottom lines, 43 and
Asheville Laundry .
front cover and
Asheville Paving Co
Asheville Sign Service
left bottom lines and
Asheville Steel & Salvage Co
right side lines and
Asheville Storage Battery Co.
left side lines and
Asheville Welding Co
left top lines and
Aston-Stikeleather & Co
front cover and
32
Austin Frank Co .
left side lines and
32
Autrey-Smathers Insurance Agents Inc
B & J Department Store . back lip margin, left side lines and 101
Bagwell Lumber Co Inc
left side lines and
Bagwell Tire Service . right side lines and
Bank of Asheville The. . right top lines and
Bean S I Tile & Marble Co. . left side lines and
Beaumont Furniture Co Inc. left bottom lines and
Bell Realty & Insurance Co. . right top lines and
Berryman Funeral Home
right bottom lines and
Beverly Realty Co .
Biltmore Cleaners & Laundry Inc. right side lines and
Biltmore Coal & Lumber Co. right side lines, 31, 42 and Bird Coal Co Inc .
Bishop's Inc .
Blacktop Paving Co. right bottom lines and
Blanton's Business College back cover and
Blue Ridge Cleaners.
Bon Marche Inc.
right top lines and
Booth R P & Co
right bottom lines and
Borden Co The.
left top lines and
Buckner's J K Antique & Reproduction Shop.
Buice H L Realty Co.
Burton & Son. left bottom lines and
C C R Coal Co Inc. Candler W R Transfer Co.
right side lines and 165
Carolina Coal & Ice Co . , left top lines and 48 Carolina Garden Store Inc. right side lines, 121 and 154 152
Carolina Industrial Bank.
left top lines, 25 and
Carolina Natural Gas Co Inc. left top lines and Carolina Power & Light Co . back cover, B and 87 67 155
Carolina Sheet Metal Works left bottom lines and Carroll John .
front cover, right top lines and
63
Carter Lumber Co
right top lines, 33 and
115
Cathey Wm B.
. right side lines and
143
Church Street Parking Lot
14 164
Citizen Express Inc .
Citizens Hardware & Supply Co Inc. right side lines, 93 and
127
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40 167 62
Bright's Jewelers.
right top lines, 44 and
136 97 108 3 137 86 77
Blue Ridge Trucking Co
65 30 5 24 60 84 135 80 145 111 76 46 154 59 35
Atkinson Ed Co Inc.
92 49 110 59 156 158 4 168 100
Asheville Electric Co . right bottom lines and
108 117 96 161
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INDEX TO ADVERTISERS
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Citizens Heating Co.
right side lines and 45 162
Clark's Garage . left side lines and 14
Clement's Flower Shop
Coca-Cola Bottling Co of Asheville Inc . back cover and
Coker's Heating & Air Conditioning Co. left bottom lines and
Coleman R L & Co.
Commercial Stationers Inc . right side lines and
Concrete Products Co of Asheville Inc . right top lines and
Cooley's Super Market
Coston Eugene .
Cox Esso Servicenter left side lines and
Creasman Radio & T V Sales & Service right bottom lines and
Crouch G E & Co.
. left top lines and
162 97 129
Culberson Studio .
Daniels Secretarial Service
DeLuxe Diner . .
Dickson Contracting Co Inc
Dillard Realty Co.
right bottom lines and
Dr Pepper Bottling Co right side lines and
Dream View Drive In left side lines and
Driveways Inc . .
Duckworth James H Realty Co
Duckworth W T Co. .
Duncan Wheel & Axle Service
Duncan's Upholstery Co
Dunham's Music House left side lines and
40
Dunn & Williams Funeral Home left bottom lines and
82 98 163
Emma Bus Lines .
left top lines and
75 71 41
First National Bank & Trust Co
front cover and 26
Fisher Elliot Lyman .
129
Fortune's Paint & Hardware Co Inc right bottom lines, 93, 94 and Foster David J .
160
Free Service Tire & Appliance Co
69
George Vanderbilt Hotel The .
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Giles J P Agency right bottom lines and
102 109
Godfrey & Mary's
147
Goodrich B F Store.
left side lines and
16 107
Green Bros .
84
Green Hills Cemetery Assn Inc
36
Green Ottis Hardware Co Inc
left bottom lines, 94 and
157 104
Greene & Goodman Inc
backbone, A, 2 and
81 151
Grove Sand & Stone Co.
right side lines and
46 116
Harrington S W Inc.
left side lines and
90
Harry's Cadillac-Pontiac Co Inc
16
Hendrix L G Grading Contractor.
.left side lines and
56
Henley Paper Co.
left side lines and
84 124
Herman Albert B .
left top lines and
86
Holland Furnace Co
back cover and
95
Home Insulation Co.
backbone and
99
Hospital Care Association Inc The .
106
Hotel Asheville Biltmore
left side lines and
96
Hotel George Vanderbilt The
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Hotel Princess Ann .
96
Howard Portrait Studio
130
15 167 119
Dunn B T Clock Shop .
Eagle Insulating Co The . , left side lines and
Farmers Federation Co-Operative.
Farmers Supply Co Inc.
Fields Inc.
right bottom lines and
126
back cover, right bottom lines, 6 and
Gentry's Bonded Radio & Television Service . left side lines and 134
Gillespie Jake Fill Dirt, Top Soil & Dirt Removal
Gordon's Jewelers
Groce Funeral Home Inc
Hall Coal Co. .
Harrison Auto Glass Co
128
Henry Funeral Home .
Hodgens Furniture Co
72 28 57
138 123
50 91 145 3
66 148 52
143 29 146 53 139 146
City Transfer Co.
INDEX TO ADVERTISERS
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Hursey & Co. Hyatt Electric Shop.
right top lines and
right side lines and
Ingle Transfer & Storage Co left bottom lines, Y and
163
Jarrett's Greenhouses Inc .
. left side lines and Johnson-Chandley Lumber Co Inc 33 and Johnson H E Co .
L & C Armature Works
Lanford H C .
Law Thomas M Real Estate Organization right bottom lines and Leak James Coal Co . left top lines and
Leavitt Insurance Agency Inc.
Ledford & Shoemaker Esso Servicenter left side lines and
Lenoir Finance of Asheville Inc . . right side lines and
Lewis Funeral Home . right side lines and
Matthews Motor Sales Inc. front cover and
McCracken Lola B .
front cover and
McLean Insurance Agency Inc
right side lines and
McRary & Son Inc .
left bottom lines and
Middle Mount Gardens Inc
Miller N A & Co.
left side lines and
Mimidis John Hat Shop
Minico Inc . .
Mister Jr Inc.
Modern Cleaners .
Monteath's Gulf Service
back cover, left top lines, 8 and
Morgan Bros Inc .
Morris-Gearing & Black Funeral Home
Morrison T S & Co
back cover and
Moseley's Shoe Service
right side lines and
Motley Helen J . . right side linės and
National Photo Supply Inc . left side lines and
Nettlewood Nurseries.
Occidental Life Insurance Co of Raleigh, N. C.
Ochsenreiter Gene Inc.
ribbon bookmark and
Orr Ed Motors.
left top lines and
Parkland Chevrolet Co Inc
front cover and 11
Parrott Tree Surgeons .
Piccadilly Restaurant
Pick-Wick Jeweler.
Plummer's Radio Service
Pope, Flynn & Co Inc front cover, right top lines and
Post Machinery Co.
Princess Ann Hotel .
left side lines, 91 and
Public Service Co of N C Inc.
right top lines and
86 79
Reed & Abee Inc.
right side lines and
51 52
Reusing's .
Roberts Amoco Service Station left top lines and
Rockola Court. .
Rowland Tom Jr Mrs
left side lines and
Roy's Paint & Wall Paper Store . right top lines and
154
St Joan of Arc Catholic Church .
Saint Lawrence Catholic Church .
Sams Motor Sales Inc . front cover, right side lines and
Saxon W R Insurance Agency
105
Sears, Roebuck and Co.
right top lines and
64
Service Paints Inc .
. left side lines and 127
Seven-Up Asheville Co Inc
29
Sherwin Williams Co The . left side lines and
127
Silverman Company
159
Skyway Broadcasting Corp right side lines and 134
70 12 118 145 125
St Francis High School .
36 37 13 106
Ramsey L D Co.
left bottom lines and
34
Reese J Burgin
right top lines and 167 148 108 134 103
116 96 126 88
Pritchard Paint & Glass Co of Asheville, Inc
Quality Furniture Co .
Quality Oil Co.
144 131 121 105 9 10
Moser Plumbing Co
right side lines, 37 and
Moore M V & Co.
Morrison's Inc.
72 115 144 17 58 140 48 104 17 18 83 7 141 105 116 73 89 39 112 42 39 157 40 36 79 70 85 155 132
Page 107 54
Schley & Williamson Inc
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INDEX TO ADVERTISERS
Sluder & Whitt Inc . . Smathers Rex Realty Co.
left side lines and
Page® 19 146 71
Southeastern Finance Co
Southern Dairies Inc . bottom stencil, left top lines, 60 and ·
State Trust Co of Fletcher, N C right side lines and
Stauffer Millwork Co .
Stewart George K Plumbing Co
Stikeleather J G Co.
Sullivan Hardware Co of N C Inc left bottom lines and
Superior Coal Co. left top lines and
Superior Rug Cleaners right side lines and
Swannanoa Laundry Inc.
right bottom lines and
Talman Office Supplies Inc.
left side lines and
Taylor & Murphy
Thompson Wayne Inc left bottom lines and
Thrash Coal & Oil Co
right side lines, 47 and
Tolley's Nursing Home
Town & Country Freezer Locker Inc
left side lines and
Towne House Doughnut Co Inc
right top lines and
Tuskegee Cleaners .
20th Century Heating Co.
left top lines and
Vanderbilt George Hotel The
Volunteer State Life Insurance Co The . left top lines and
W L O.S Broadcasting Station right side lines and
Wachovia Bank and Trust Co front stencil, right top lines, 22 and
Walls & Reagan Oil Co Inc .
White L A Sheet Metal Works right side lines, 58 and
White Transportation Co Inc
34
Whitt's OK Rubber Welders .
20
Williams Cleaners .
Wilson Juanita Photographer
right top lines and
130
Winners Inc
. left top lines and
65
Woodfin Coal & Fuel Oil Co
48
Young's Sheet Metal Works
94 and
148
Youngblood Truck Lines Inc
left side lines and 166
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74 21 39 57 C 106 134
23 78 155
Williams A C Plumbing & Heating Co. left side lines and 133
40
Queroerby
61 27 117 131 142 114 47 150
113 123 55 17 78 121
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-$76, 204, 324. 00, with $3. 56 per $100 tax rate.
Financial Data-4 commercial banks. Clearings for 1953, $745, 551, 179. 00. Postal Receipts-$862, 644. 69.
Telephones in Service-27, 010.
Churches-128, representing 24 denominations ..
Industry-Chief industries of city and surrounding territory: Resort busi- ness, manufacturing, lumber and tobacco. Principal manufactured products of city and vicinity: Blankets, cotton and yard goods, flour and feed, furniture, leather goods, mica products, packing products, fine papers, printing and pub- lishing products, cigarette papers, rayon yarn, cellophane, and electronic de- vices.
Trade Area-Retail area covers 19 counties, with total population of 497, - 577.
Newspapers-2 dailies, combined as one paper on Sunday, and 2 weeklies. Hotels-9. Also 56 motor courts.
Railroads-Southern.
Highways-U. S. 19, 23, 25, 70 and 74, 13,284 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-The Asheville-Hendersonville Airport, located at Fletcher, south of Asheville. Handling flights of Delta, Capital and Piedmont air lines, its new 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 in- structors, 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.
Asheville from Beaucatcher Mountain
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Amusements-Largest auditorium in city seats 3, 000 persons. 7 moving- picture theatres, with total seating capacity of 5, 300 persons. Also 5 drive-in theatres. 4 golf courses.
Hospitals-3 general, with total of 520 beds.
Education-Institutions of higher learning include St. Genevieve-of-the- Pines, Asheville School for Boys, Asheville-Biltmore College and Plonk School of Creative Arts. 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. 2 parochial schools. Number of pupils in public schools, 8, 300, teachers, 308. Value of public school property, $10, - 000,000.
City Statistics-Total street mileage, 214, with 168 miles paved. Miles of gas mains, 94; sewers, i81. Number of water meters, 18, 988, light meters, 31, 000; gas meters, 3, 751. Capacity of water works, six billion gallons; daily averageuse, approximately 10,000,000 gallons; flow by gravity; miles of mains, 500, value of plant, $10, 250, 000. 00. Fire department has 82 men, with 6 sta- tions and 14 pieces of motor equipment. Value of fire department property, $300, 000. Police department has a force of 83 persons, with 1 station and 16 pieces of motor equipment.
Population
Asheville is the county seat of Buncombe County, and one of the principal resort centers of the eastern U. S. The city has a population of 53,000 accord- ing to the report of the U. S. Census of 1950, with a metropolitan area popula- tion of 124, 403.
History
Asheville was founded in 1797 by John Burton, and was known for about three years of its early history as Morristown. The name was later changed to Asheville, in honor of Samuel and John Ashe, noted men of that period. The city has long been a resort center, the first resort hotel having been constructed near the Sulphur Springs in the western part of the city, west of the French Broad River. Later the tourist traffic increased and other resort hotels were built including the old Battery Park Hotel on the site now occupied by the modern structure. Other hotels have been constructed with the growth of tourist trade, through expansion of transportation facilities, including rail- ways and highways into the highlands. Industry and agriculture also have de- veloped in the mountain section, to the point that Asheville has become a mar- keting and shopping center for 20 counties of western North Carolina.
Government
Buncombe County is governed by a board of three commissioners. Ashe- ville has the council-manager form of government, which includes a mayor and six other councilmen and a city manager. The two governmental bodies are housed in the handsome City and County buildings which flank the central city plaza. The city has one of the lowest fire records of any city of its size in the country, due to an efficient fire department, and the police department has be- come highly effective with the aid of radio, cooperation with state and county law-enforcement officers and by means of the police cruiser system. Two police radio stations are located here, one atop the Buncombe County Building and the other, a State police radio station, on the Black Mountain highway.
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