Category: 1900’s
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Scottsville Methodist Church
In March 1832, the Scottsville Methodist Episcopal congregation purchased Lot 26 from Martin and Mildred Thacker for $150. This church property sat two lots east of Valley Street on the north side of Main Street and was deeded to the following church trustees: Lewis Mayo, Beverly Staples, Nathaniel Moon, Lelan Morris, Martin Tutwiler, Horatio I.…
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Scottsville Presbyterian Church
The congregation of the Presbyterian Church was organized first at Warren with six members on October 18, 1927, as part of the West Hanover Presbytery. The elders of the church were John B. Hart and Samuel Harris, and by 1830, this church had grown to sixteen members, thanks largely to the influence and support of…
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W.F. Paulett and Son, Inc.
In 1914, William F. Paulett bought a Main Street lot in Scottsville where a blacksmith shop once stood and began construction a large building to house his lumber and hardware business. First he poured a concrete floor, one so immense in size that a group of little boys came to marvel at it later that…
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Robert Lee Bryan ~ Printer and Newspaper Man
Robert Lee Bryan was born on 21 January 1909 in Charlottesville, VA, and was the son of William Whitaker Bryan (1880-1930) and Addye (Beattie) Bryan (1886-1955). William Bryan ran a print shop called the Virginia Printing Company, and his son, Robert, started helping his father by running printing errands for him when he was only…
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James Franklin Dorrier ~ Scottsville National Bank
James Franklin Dorrier began his banking career as a cashier at the Scottsville National Bank, an independent organization, when it was started in 1901. In 1919, he left banking for 15 years and engaged in the construction business with Lane Brothers Construction Company in Esmont, and also on his own in West Virginia, Kentucky, and…
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Thomas Ellison Bruce ~ Community Leader
Thomas Ellison Bruce, Sr., owner of Bruce’s Drug Store in Scottsville, was a popular and successful community leader. He served four terms as Mayor of Scottsville (1935-1943) and played an important role in attracting new business to an economically disadvantaged community with a declining population. When more rayon cord was needed for military tires during…
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Depression Era Scottsville ~ Twilight Tours 2017
Less than a week to the 2026 Twilight Tours! We’re posting highlights from past Tours to put you in the mood for this season of spooks and spirits. Get details and tickets here: Earl Hamner grew up during the Depression in Schuyler, just down the road from Scottsville. The vivid memories of that time appear…
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Pitts Market on Main Street
Shown above in this 2026 photo is the former Pitts Market (operated on the first floor at the left of this building from 1937-1962) and home of the William Robert and Ruth (Kent) Pitts family at right behind the porch and in rooms behind the store. In the 1950’s, Scottsville had four grocery stores. One…
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The Old Apothecary Shop
The Old Apothecary Shop, located at 510 Valley Street, was built ca. 1832. The two-story brick building served as an apothecary where town doctors prepared drugs and medicinal compounds for their patients from 1876 – 1908. As business grew, Dr. Luther R. Stinson and Dr. Benjamin L. Dillard, two practicing physicians in Scottsville, found it…
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The Beal Building
The Beal Building, located at 380-398 Valley Street, was built circa 1841-1850 on Lot 148. In 1850, Joseph Beal purchased the east half of this lot on which this large brick building with a slate roof stands. Mr. Beal began his mercantile business in this building, and many Beal businesses were housed here over the…
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