ABINGDON, VA. - Bits'n'Pieces

BITS'N'PIECES is a page I scrabbled together by searching out 3 books for mostly bottle-related info, but also, I included some "pieces" about Mills and Iron Works/Foundries in the Abingdon area. The source books were Places In Time Volumes I, II, & III , written by Nancy C. King.

Dot Henderson @2009 w/piece of Civil War cannon

pre 1782 - William Dryden's Tavern

1783 - Abingdon consisted of 4 log buildings, 3 of which were taverns and the remaining one was the courthouse.

1783-85 - William Bagnall Tavern

1787 - Jane Smith, widow of Dr. Alexander Smith, operated a Tavern on Main Street.

1788 - The Tavern

1797 - The Black Horse Tavern, Samuel Baldwin,proprietor

1797-1812 - John McCormick Tavern

1800-1820 - - Michael Shaver operated a Tavern

by 1810 - Rufus Soule Tavern operating, sold in 1837

1812 - fire destroyed an ice house

1835 - Thomas Findlay, Proprietor of The Washington House

pre-1838 - Col. James White had an iron furnace

1840s - William M. Grim of Abingdon, manager of The Holston Springs Resort in Scott County,VA. The resort reportedly had mineral waters with medicinal properties.

1846 - Dunn's Hotel > the Virginia House in 1853 > Price's Hotel after 1859 > Frank Findlay purchased and renamed it The Arlington House in 1879. (David Lewark was the bar keeper at The Virginia House.)

1850s - Adam Hickman grist mill at the mouth of Wolf Creek

1850s - James Fields had a brick kiln & factory

1851-1866 - Dr. James A. Dunn established his first Drug Store, and he built another in 1856. In 1866 he moved to Tx.

1853 - The Rose Brothers established a sawmill and cabinet shop.

1857 - Hiram S. Dooley purchased Clapp's Mill & Factory

1859 - William Fields' Central Hotel > The Railroad House in 1866 >The Depot Hotel in 1882

1862 - John G. Clark operating a Foundry

1866-1891 - Dr. R.M. Hickman operated a Druggist and Apothecary Shop. By 1891, he had relocated to Meadowview, Va. A saloon then operated in the building until 1906.

1870s - Ben C. Clark iron foundry

1870s - Dr. H.Roy Smith Drug Store

1871-86 - F.T. Midler owned Abingdon Bakery, where he also served lagers & ales.

1872 - Seven Springs Iron & Alum Mass Company - George Victor Litchfield

- to late 1800s - Paul Carrington Landrum operated a Drug Store for "Fancy Goods & Patent Medicines". Was also involved with G.V. Litchfield in the Seven Springs Iron & Alum Mass Company.

by 1872 - Thomas McConnell completed construction of the Colonnade Hotel. From 1876-1913 it was owned by Minter Jackson and it's Proprietors were James C. Campbell & James A. Armistead in 1877, I.F. Jones in 1878, and Charles Harris in 1896.

1873 - I.F. (Frank) Jones est. a sawmill on Water Street. By the 1890s Col.A.F. Cook & J.Leach Gilpin were using it to make wagons.

1875 - Frank S. Findlay Drug Store occ. for a short time by Dr.R.M. Hickman

after 1878 - S.G. Keller operated "The Old Reliable Whiskey House", which contained a Billiard Room operated by J.E. Deaton. In 1887 - A.B. Keller established a restaurant in the building.

1879 - Frank Findlay sawmill on creek

1879 - F.B Brownlow built a home facing Court Street. Brownlow later became a saloon owner.

1879-1901 - The Planters Hotel built by Capt. John Broyles and his brother-in-law, Charles E. Jones.

1880s - Dr. W.W. Gold Drug Store

1883-1891 - F.B. & S.F. Hurt and A.M. Bradley construct the later known Bradley Building, which contained a saloon.

1885 - Hattie House Hotel built.

1886 - L.J. Neidermeier Soda Fountain

1887 - The Eureka Hotel was owned by Hop Scott. Ben T. Clark opened a saloon within and called it," The Cave City Saloon." In 1891, the hotel was renamed The Belmont.

1891 - Minnie Baugh Apothecary Shop

1901 - West End Pharmacy, previously known as Dr. Gold's Drug Store (1880s), was originally owned by C.G. Gibson in 1866, purchased by Dr. Charles H. Jennings in 1894 and sold to Dr. G.F. Grant and C.W. Mason in 1909. By 1916 W.A. Maiden owned the business and it was known as Maiden's Drug Store for many years afterwards

1904 - Smith B.Cubine operated both the West End and Up Town Pool Rooms.

by 1906 - R.A. Hines& Son Drug Store

1906 - R.C. Copenhaver was the manager of the Bromine-Arsenic Springs Hotel *(located where?).

1906 - The Abingdon Dispensary System was established, thus saloons were closed. The Dispensary became the sole ( legal),source of alcoholic beverages in the town.

1908 - Hattie House Hotel became the Abingdon Hotel and was owned by W.F. Robertson, D.A. Preston, and J.W. Bell.

The former bar room now sold soft drinks.

by 1910 - Dr. George Grant Proprietor of Abingdon Pharmacy

1910 - The Dagmar Hotel ,owner L.P. Summers

1917 - The Abingdon Creamery & Ice Company opened. Became Husband's Creamery in 1920, and Southern Creamery after 1931.

1923 - Peoples Drug Store moved into the old Citizens Bank building

1924 - The College Inn operating as a short order business, with fountain services.

by 1928 - J.T. Hagy Ice Factory

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Sources - Bibliography

i)      Library of King College, Bristol,Tenn. - Newspaper Microfilms

ii)     Bristol,TN-VA Public Library - Newspaper Microfilms &  City Directories

iii)     1904 Bristol Herald Industrial Supplement

iv)     Bristol-Goodson Industry & Resources in 1885 -W.F.Henry/Reporter

v)    Witness To An Epoch - Chas.J. Harkrader

vi)     Double Destiny   - Robert Loving

vii)    Historic Sites of Sullivan County - Muriel Spoden

viii)   Bristol Tennessee-Virginia : A History - V.N. "Bud" Phillips

ix)     Spirits & Medicinal Bottles of Bristol, Tenn.-Va.   - Charlie Barnette

x)       The Passing Years   - Bristol Historical Association

xi)      City of Bristol @ 1915

xii)     A Pictorial History - Bristol Historical Association

xiii)    Whiskey, An American Pictorial History - Oscar Getz

xiv)    Prohibition, 13 Years That Changed America - Edward Behr

xv)     The Shadow Of The Bottle - Review & Herald Publishing Co.

xvi)    Historic Sullivan - Oliver Taylor

xvii)   One Year At A Time - Bristol - 1907 - Lonnie & Kim Blevins

xviii)   Honoring Our Heritage: Faces & Places From The Past -

                       Lonnie & Kim Blevins and Roy & Carolyn Williams

xvix)   Between the States: Bristol Tennessee - Virginia During the Civil War - V.N. "Bud" Phillips

xx)      Pioneers in Paradise - Bristol, Tenn-Va. - V.N. "Bud" Phillips

xxi)     A Good Place to Live - Bristol, Tenn-Va. - V.N. "Bud" Phillips

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