This document lists black owned businesses that existed in Richmond, Virginia between 1916-1917. It includes dressmakers, a drug store, insurance companies, a pressing parlor, hairdressers, a funeral director, a pharmacy, a grocer, a midwife, and an eating house. It also notes the locations of these businesses and places of historical importance to the black community from that time period, including churches, the Booker T. Washington house, and other landmarks.

1. h.
Black Owned businesses,
1916-1917
a. Helen C. Allen,
dressmaker
b. Regal Drug Store
c. American Beneficial
Insurance Co. of
Richmond
d. Richmond Beneficial
Insurance Co.
e. Virginia Pressing Parlor
f. Rheba A. Ware,
hairdresser
g. Andrew L. Billups,
funeral director
h. Banks Pharmacy
i. Mary E. Banks,
dressmaker
j. Hugh Murray, eating
house
k. Nannie J. Marshall,
grocer
l. Sarah Henderson, hair
dresser
m. Jennie Garland, midwife
i.
b., c., d.
e.
Historic Staunton Foundation
Preservation Brown Bag Series
Sunnyside, 1916-1917
black business locations
with 2015 map base
Sources: Staunton City Directory,
1916-1917; City of Staunton
2015 aerial
April 1, 2016
a. existing
a. demolished
Stuart Addition
Historic District
Sunnyside
g.
f.
k.?
m.
l.
Places of Note:
1. Gallows Town (1793),
Staunton Theater and
Colored Dance Hall,
Pannell House Hotel
2. Mount Zion Baptist
Church
3. Ebenezer Baptist Church
4. Augusta Street United
Methodist Church
5. Booker T. Washington, (D.
Webster Davis, House of
Prayer)
6. Stuart Tate House, 219
Sunnyside
7. Stuart Tate Brick Yard
8. The Club
9. Mrs. Clair Sheffey House,
517 Baptist
10. Arch Rock Tea Room
(George Taylor Market,
Marino’s)
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