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ASHEVILLE (Buncombe County, N. C.)
CITY DIRECTORY 1958
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INTRODUCTION AND GENERAL INDEX
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I. THE YELLOW PAGES constitute the first major department of the Di- rectory. This embraces a complete list of the names and addresses of the busi- ness and professional concerns of the city and vicinity, arranged in alphabetical order under appropriate headings-a catalog of all the activities of the city and vicinity. Preceding this catalog, likewise grouped under appropriate headings, are the advertisements and business cards of firms and individuals desiring to present a more complete list of their products or services than is possible in the catalog itself. The Yellow Pages represent reference advertising at its best, and merit the attention of all buyers and sellers seeking sources of supply or markets for goods. In a great commercial and industrial center like Asheville, the necessity of having this kind of information up-to-date and always immediately available, is obvious. The Directory is the common intermediary between buyer and seller, and plays an important role in the daily activities of the commercial, industrial and professional world.
II. THE ALPHABETICAL LIST OF NAMES of residents and business and professional concerns is the second 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, Beverly Hills, Bilt- more Forest (N. C.), Broadview Park, East Biltmore, Gentry Park, Lakeview Terrace, Linwood Park, Martel Mill Village, Morningside, Oakley, Caklyn Park, Sayles Village, South Biltmore and Woodfin (N. C.), and the name, official per- sonnel, nature and address of each firm and corporation in the community
III. THE DIRECTORY OF HOUSEHOLDERS, INCLUDING STREET AND AV- ENUE GUIDE, is the third major department, printed on green paper. 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 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 respective crossing points on each street. Special features of the Directory are the designation of tenant- owned homes and the listing of telephone numbers.
IV. THE NUMERICAL TELEPHONE DIRECTORY, on blue paper, is the fourth major department.
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INDEX TO ADVERTISERS
PAGE NUMBERS BELOW REFER TO THE ADVERTISING SECTION THE YELLOW PAGES
Alexander Perry M Construction Co Inc
Page 48
Allanstand Mountain Crafts .
114
Allen-Birchette Funeral Home 71
Allison's Flower Shop
66
Anders Ray E.
116
Anders-Rice Funeral Home
Arthur Murray Studio
Arthur W H Co
Artmore Furniture Co
Asheville Baking Co . left bottom lines and
Asheville Battery Co Inc.
front lip margin and
Asheville Bedding Co.
Asheville Cab Co . left side lines and
Asheville Catholic High School
Asheville Cleaners & Dyers . top stencil and ·
Asheville Coal & Wood Co Inc .
left top lines and
Asheville Federal Savings & Loan Association
143
Asheville Fish Co Inc.
Asheville Ice & Storage Co Inc.
right bottom lines, 35 and
Asheville Laundry.
front cover, left bottom lines, 104 and
Asheville Oil Co Inc
.left side lines and
Asheville Paving Co .
right side lines and
Asheville Welding Co.
Aston-Stikeleather & Co.
.left bottom lines and
Atkins-Harper Lumber Co
Atkinson Ed Co Inc .
Austin Frank Co Inc back cover, left side lines, 22 and Autrey-Smathers Insurance Agency Inc. . back cover, left side lines and Ballard Furniture & Cabinet Co 3 and
Bank of Asheville The .
Bartlett Transfer Co.
left bottom lines and
Battery Park Hotel .
Bean S I Tile & Marble Co
right side lines and
Bell Realty & Insurance Co. . right top lines and
Berryman Funeral Home right bottom lines and
Beverly Realty Co .
Biltmore Body Shop. right top cards and
Biltmore Cleaners & Laundry Inc. right side lines, 32 and
Biltmore Coal & Lumber Co Inc . left side lines, 38 and Biltmore T V & Appliance Co Inc. left
side lines, Insert at beginning of Classified Business Section, 158 and Biltmore Tire & Recapping Co . left side lines and Bishop's Inc . .
Blue Bird Taxi Co of Asheville Inc right side lines and Blue Ridge Trucking Co.
Bon Marche Inc. right top lines, 34, 57 and
Booth-Barfield Inc.
. left bottom lines and
Buckner & Galloway Oil Co
right top cards and
Buckner's J K Antique & Reproduction Shop
Burton Furniture.
C C R Coal Co.
left top lines and
Carolina Federal Savings & Loan Association
.left bottom lines and
Carolina Power & Light Co.
back cover, left side lines, B and
Carolina Sheet Metal Works. right top cards and
148 58
Carroll John . right top lines and
Carter Lumber Co. . back cover, right top lines, 24 and Carver A G . .
Cathey William B
right side lines and
111 139 136
159 16 147 155 163 88 21 132 101 68 3
left bottom lines and 80 66
Carolina Hotel The .
left bottom lines and 144 88 62
Bright's Jewelers.
Book Mart The . . back cover, right bottom lines and
left side lines and 84 41 164 67 52 153 . left top lines and 166 . front cover and 93 23 23 86 94 26 right top lines and 19 162 89 53 . front stencil and 131 72 130 11 105 67
Asheville Steel & Salvage Co.
left side lines and 141 79 18 4 113 156 146 31 38
back cover, left side lines and
70
left bottom lines and
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Page 139
Cauble J E.
Cecil's Business College right side lines and 145 140
Chez Paul .
Citizen Express Inc
Citizens Hardware and Supply Co Inc right side lines, 86 and
City Electric Co.
. left side lines and
Clement's Flower Shop
right side lines and
Community Coal & Lumber Co
Concrete Products Co of Asheville Inc
Concrete Supply Co Inc
Cook Coal Co .
Coston Eugene Realtor
Creaseman's Radio & T V Inc
Culberson Studio
Daniels Business Services
Davis Ray C Co
Dictaphone Corp .
Dillard Realty Co Inc
Dixie Electric Co
right bottom lines and
Driveways Inc .
Duckworth James H Realty Co
Duckworth W T Co
Duncan Wheel & Axle Service front cover and
Dunham's Music House left top lines, 2 and
Dunn & Williams Funeral Home
Eagle Insulating Co The
Elias Bernard Realtor
left top lines and
Emma Mill Works Inc
left top lines and
Equipment Inc .
Farmers Supply Co Inc
64 29
First Baptist Church . right top cards and
First National Bank & Trust Co
Fisher Elliot Lyman .
right top cards and
Five Points Coal & Wood Yard .
right top cards and
Fortune's Paint & Hardware Co Inc
right bottom Lines and
Giles J P Agency
Glidden Co The
Gordon's Jewelers
right bottom lines and
Green Bros
left bottom lines and
29
Greene & Goodman Insurance Agency
. . backbone and
Groce Funeral Home Inc
right side lines and
Harrington S W Inc
Haw Creek Amoco Service right top cards and
Haynes M B Electric Corp right side lines and
Henley Paper Co left side lines and
left top cards and
Henry Funeral Home
Hill Directory Co Inc .
left side lines and
Hobby House.
Hodgens Furniture Co. right bottom lines and
Holland Furnace Co.
. front stencil and
89
Hotel Carolina The . . front stencil and
Hotel George Vanderbilt The
right bottom lines and
Hotel Langren The
back cover, right side lines and
Howard Studio .
Hursey & Co Jewelers right top lines and
left side lines and
Hyatt Electric Shop.
Ice Service Inc . . right side lines and
162
Inland Press Inc The . . right top cards and
66
Jarrett's Vic Flower Shop right top cards and
Jennings Glass Co Inc.
. right side lines and
83
140 113 5
First Mortgage & Investment Co front cover, left side lines and
Forest Lawn Cemetery Inc .
right bottom lines and
right top cards and
110 20 121 40 27 85 95 119 103 79
Green Hills Cemetery Assn Inc .
left side lines and
96 74 142 112
Grove Stone & Sand .
Haverty Furniture Co .
80 12
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120 77 61 87 80
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Hotel Battery Park. left bottom lines and .
88 91 92 90 122 102 49 92
Hotel Manor The
.left side lines and
Ingle Transfer & Storage Co left bottom lines, Y and
127
right top cards and
163 118 63 64 21 118 110
Coca-Cola Bottling Co of Asheville Inc left side lines, 39, 68 and
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Commercial Stationers Inc . .right bottom lines and 42 right side lines and right side lines and 43 36 140 right top cards and right top lines and 160 121 108 , left side lines and right bottom lines and right top lines and 123 116 136 63 right top lines and 44 133 137 3 115 73 93
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Joe Blow Fuel Co. .
.right top cards and 70
Johnson-Chandley Lumber Co Inc . right top cards, 24 and 112
Johnson H E Co. .right top cards and 137
Kenilworth Esso Servicenter. . right top cards and King Insurance Agency right side lines, 100 and 13 Knollman's Florist . . left bottom lines and 138 65 Lanford H C. . 120 97
Leavitt Insurance Agency Inc . left top lines and
Lenoir Finance Co of Asheville Inc right side lines and 14 75 Lewis Funeral Home . right side lines and Liles James C Business Services left bottom lines and 25 15
M & J Finance Corp . left bottom lines and
Manor Hotel The . back cover, right side lines and
Master Tire Service Inc . right side lines and 161 6 Matthews Motor Sales Inc front cover, right side lines and McCracken Lola B . right top lines and 134 112 McRary & Son Inc . Michael W B Contractor left bottom lines and . back cover and 45 65 Middlemount Gardens Inc . Miller N A & Co left side lines and 152 Minico Inc . right side lines, 32 and Mister Jr Shop Modern Cleaners 106 34 33 26 Morgan Bros Inc . left side lines and 76 Morris-Hendon-Black Funeral Home , left top lines and 78 Morrison's Finer Furniture . right top lines and 124 107 Moser Plumbing Co . right side lines and Mountain City Cleaners & Laundry .left top lines and National Photo Supply Inc . 123 116 Nettlewood Nurseries 7 Orr Ed Motors Inc. backbone and 150 Owen L A Juvenile & Teen-Age Shoes left side lines and Parkland Chevrolet Co Inc . front cover, right side lines, 8 and 164 Parkway Texaco Service 13 Parrott Tree Surgeons. right top cards and Petroleum Pump & Tank Co right top lines and 164 Piccadilly Restaurant . . . left side lines and 128 141 Pisgah View Memorial Park Inc . .left top cards and Plummer's Radio Service . left bottom lines and 28 130 Pope, Flynn & Co Inc . front cover, left side lines and Post Machinery Co . 08 112 Pritchard Paint & Glass Co of Asheville Inc 119
back lip margin, left side lines, 82 and
Proffitt's Glass Co.
right top cards and
Quality Oil Co Inc .
Ray Jesse Funeral Home. left side lines and
Reed & Abee Inc . right side lines and
Rhododendron Court.
right top cards and
Ross & Witmer Inc. right side lines and
Saint Lawrence Catholic Church .
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84 70 77 46 113 102 2 30 9 C 100
Savoy Hotel & Restaurant Schley and Williamson Inc . right bottom lines and Sealtest Southern Dairies Division National Dairy Products Corp . . left top lines and 55 86 135 165
Sears, Roebuck and Co bottom stencil, right top lines, 59 and
Seely Fred Associates Inc left side lines and
Selective Sales Inc left side lines and
Service Paints Inc . .left side lines and
Silverman Company .left bottom lines and
Skyland Motors Inc . right side lines and
Smith Charlie M Plumbing & Heating Co
Smith Mark Insurance Broker. left top lines, 21 and
Smoky Mountain Petroleum Co Inc . right top lines and
81
Snow's Bill Texaco Service . right top cards and 12
Souther J L & Son .
. left top cards and
47
Southern Foot Clinic .
.left side lines and
Spinning Wheel The
151 82 Stikeleather J G Co.
138
118 154 13 125 101
Sams Motor Sales Inc . front cover, right side lines and
Roland W E Jewelry Co
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Stroup Sheet Metal Works .
left bottom lines and 146 109
Sullivan Hardware Co of N C Inc.
33
Superior Cleaners . .
left top lines and 37 141 103 . .
Superior Rug Cleaners .
right bottom lines and
Swannanoa Laundry Inc .
. left side lines and
Talman Office Supplies Inc
Taylor & Murphy .
left bottom lines and
Thompson Wayne Inc
right side lines, 39 and
Thrash Coal & Oil Co.
right top lines and
Towne House Doughnut Co Inc
left top lines, X and
20th Century Heating Co
right side lines and
United Electric Co Inc.
. front stencil and
Vanderbilt George Hotel The
left bottom lines and
W S K Y Radio Asheville Inc
left side lines and
Walls & Reagan Oil Co Inc .
Wayside Nursery Inc .
Weaver & Bramlett Realtors
left side lines and
Webb R Stanford Agency .
Western & Southern Life Insurance Co The . right bottom lines, tabbed Insert at Street Guide and . left side lines and
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99
White L A Sheet Metal Works
Whitehead's Flowers . right top cards and
Wilf's Radio & T V Service.
Williams A C Plumbing & Heating Co left side lines, 87 and
Wilson-Hennessee Funeral Home. right top cards and
left top lines and
77 122 13
Wilson Max E Spring & Body Works.
left top lines and
60
Winner's Inc . right top cards and
126
Wooster H E Co.
Young Bros Welding Service.
right top cards and
166 147
Young's Sheet Metal Works .
155
Your Cab Co .
right top lines and
Superior Coal Co of Asheville Inc
left bottom lines and
117 48 10
69 17 51 50 91 129 69 116 139 93
149 66 160 126
Wilson Juanita Photographer right top cards and
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-(City-County)-$156,452,046 (1956), with $3.71 per $100 valuation tax rate. Assessment based on 40% of market value.
Financial Data-4 commercial banks. Clearings for 1956, $895,897,000.00. Postal Receipts-$939,420.37 (1956).
Telephones in Service-36,645 (1956).
Churches-92 representing practically all denominations.
Industry-Chief industries of city and surrounding territory: Resort busi- ness, manufacturing, lumber and tobacco. Principal manufactured products of city and vicinity: Blankets, textiles, flour and feed, furniture, mica products, packing products, fine papers, printing and publishing products, cigarette papers, rayon and nylon yarn, cellophane, and electronic devices, machine parts, pre- cision parts for machinery, rugs and carpets and parachutes.
City of Asheville, North Carolina
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Biltmore House, home of the late George Vanderbilt, at Asheville, North Carolina
Trade Area-Retail area covers 20 counties, with total population of 535,300 (Jan. 1, 1957).
Newspapers-2 dailies, combined as one paper on Sunday, and 1 weekly. Hotels-9. Also 70 motor courts.
Railroads-Southern.
Highways-U. S. 19, 23, 25, 70 and 74, 32,100 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 instructors, 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 Biltmore and out the Sweeten Creek Road to the airport.
Amusements-Largest auditorium in city seats 3,000 persons. 7 moving pic- ture theatres, with total seating capacity of 5,300 persons. Also 5 drive-in thea- tres. 4 golf courses.
Hospitals-3 general, with total of 526 beds, also orthopedic hospital and 2 nerve sanitariums, 1 private tuberculosis sanitarium and large government hos- pital nearby.
Education-Institutions of higher learning include St. Genevieve-of-the Pines, Asheville School for Boys, Asheville-Biltmore College and Plonk School of Cre-
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ative Arts. 6 parochial schools. 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. Number of pupils in public schools, 9,923; teachers, 350. Value of public school property, $10,350,000.
City Statistics-Total street mileage, 218.86, with 175.65 miles paved. Miles of gas mains, 94; sewers, 200. Number of water meters, 21,244; light meters, 33,360; gas meters, 3,365. Capacity of water works, six billion gallons; daily average use, 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 stations and 11 pieces of motor equipment. Value of fire department property, $300,000. Police department has a force of 86 persons, with 1 station and 14 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 tour- ist trade, through expansion of transportation facilities, including railways and highways into the highlands. Industry and agriculture also have developed in the mountain section, to the point that Asheville has become a marketing and shop- ping center for 20 counties of western North Carolina.
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