Category: 1900’s
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Coleman Ball’s Blacksmith Shop
This Burgess stereograph shows Coleman Ball’s Blacksmith Shop at the corner of Ferry and Main Street. A stereograph was an almost identical side-by-side set of images of a single scene, viewed simultaneously through an optical device held to the eyes like a pair of binoculars. Each eye looked at a slightly different image, and the…
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William Edward Burgess ~ Scottsville’s Photographer
William Edward Burgess (1871-1935) was a photographer and historian, who lived his adult years in Scottsville, Virginia. He was known to all as ‘Willie’ and worked out of Idylwood, his combination home and photo studio located in the eastern part of Scottsville that lies in Fluvanna County. An avid photographer since his teenaged years, Burgess…
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Valley Street in Scottsville ~ 1912
Burgess took this photo looking northwest up Valley Street from the corner of Main and Valley Streets. The key below identifies these buildings on Valley Street in the photo above: (1) Carlton House – on the corner of Valley Street and West Main. This building housed three businesses in 1912: Dickinson Drugstore at the south…
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Piedmont Berry Grower’s Association
Members of the Piedmont Berry Grower Association pose in front of their headquarters at the northeast corner of Page and West Main in Scottsville. This association marketed their dairy produce and fresh berries (strawberries, blackberries, and blueberries) for about three years, operating out of an old house on Lot 166. After the Association went out…
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Scottsville Carriage and Repair Works
Philip Palm, an immigrant from Sweden, operated the Scottsville Carriage and Repair Works in the early 1900’s. In addition to making and repairing carriages, Palm upholstered furniture, repaired shoes, and made frames. He also made coffins and served as the town’s undertaker. By 1914, Phillip Palm and two business partners, L. Gordon White and Thomas…
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The Old Tavern
The Old Tavern is located on the north side of Scottsville’s Main Street and across the street from the Herndon House and Colonial Cottage. This two-story brick building shows the pioneer split-level composition of a single and double gallery, connected by a covered outside stair. Although the exact date of its construction is unknown, the…
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C. B. Harris and Co.
The C.B. Harris Co. was a men’s clothing store operated by Charles Bascom Harris, Jr. in Scottsville. Charles (1883-1959) was the grandson of Miletus Harris, a merchant and wheelwright, who owned this three-storied Harris Building by 1860. Miletus also operated a mercantile store in this building, located across the street from the Scottsville Methodist Church…
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Tending the Bank Books
Susie was the wife of Dr. Joseph P. Blair, a Scottsville dentist and Town Council member. Lucy was the youngest of the four Power sisters and never married. For many years the Powers family ran the Scottsville Hotel on Valley Street. Copyright © 2018 by Scottsville Museum Image Located On: Capturing Our Heritage, CDB12B05cdB12.tifB05cdB12.jpgB05cdB12.psd
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Scottsville’s Post Office and Postmasters
The Masonic Building was built in 1914 and hosted the town’s post office on the bottom floor from 1915 until 1964 when the post office moved to its next location on West Main Street. Sam Gault served as Scottsville’s postmaster from 1893 to 1939. He was succeeded by Ashby Mayo in 1939, who retired as…
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Times Dispatch Touts Scottsville for New Industry ~ 1909
Date: April 11, 1909 Road Material in Great Abundance Local Capital Ready to Take Pot Luck With Outside Cash, An Old-Time Canal Town That Has Taken on New Life By Frank S. Woodson, Industrial Editor Scottsville, VA, April 10 – The town from which I am writing is not quite as old as Jamestown nor…
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