Ernest L. Allen


Company Names, addresses, dates:
  Summers & Allen, NW corner King & Royal Streets, Alexandria VA (1882-1884) 1,2
  Summers & Allen, NW corner King & Pitt Streets, Alexandria VA (1884-1889) 2,3
  Ernest L. Allen, NW corner King & Pitt Streets, Alexandria VA (1889-1892) 3,4
  Lunt & Allen, 631 King Street, Alexandria VA (1892-1894) 4,5
  Ernest L. Allen & Co, 631 King Street, Alexandria VA (1894-1905) 5,6
  Ernest L. Allen & Co, 701 King Street, Alexandria VA (1905-1919) 6,7
  Timberman's Drug store, 701 King Street, Alexandria VA (1919-1950) 8
  Timberman's Drug store, 106 N. Washington Street, Alexandria VA (1950-2004+) 8,12

Notes:
In october 1882, Ernest Linwood Allen (1856-1939)9 teamed up with C.J.W. Summers to create the Summers & Allen drug store on the NW corner of King & Royal Streets. 1
They had purchased the drugstore of Janny & Co, including it's stock and apparatus for making soda water.10
In October of 1884, they opened a new location at the NW corner of King & Pitt Streets. At this point, their business was referred to as a "Drug Store and Soda Water Manufactory".2
In March of 1889, they split the business, with Summers taking over the Soda Water business, and Allen taking over the drugstore3.

In June 1892, Allen sold his store to Edgar Warfield and he partnered with John Lunt, at 631 King Street, with the new drugstore named "Lunt & Allen". 4
In 1894, John Lunt withdrew from that partnership, leaving Allen as the sole owner of that drug store5.
Allen then teamed up with Dr. John E. W. Timberman (1876-1962)11 and the store was called "Ernest L. Allen & Co", with Timberman being the "& Co"4.

In 1905, the store moved from 631 King Street to 701 King Street, basically across the street from the NE corner to the NW corner of King and Washington streets.6
Then in 1919 Allen retired, leaving the store in the hands of his partner Dr. Timberman.7

A museum display at the Lyceum in Alexandria indicated that Timberman ran the store until his retirement in 1943, and that the store continued to be called Timberman's until it closed down.
It closed for good in 2004.12


Ernest L. Allen Bottles:

allen_01 book # (unlisted)
This is a clear 3.7" bottle embossed:
vertical: DRUGGIST / Ernest L. Allen / ALEXANDRIA, VA.
base: PAT DEC 13 87 / C L C Co 3



Lunt & Allen Bottles:
lunt_05 book # 338 (in medicines section)
This is a clear 4.4" bottle embossed:
vertical: LUNT & ALLEN / DRUGGISTS / ALEXANDRIA VA
base: PAT DEC 13 87 / CLG Co 3


1 Alexandria Gazette, 23-Oct-1882, page 3 (paragraph about new druggists)
2 Alexandria Gazette, 21-Oct-1884, page 3 (NOTICE of new location)
3 Alexandria Gazette, 25-Mar-1889, page 3 (DISSOLUTION OF COPARNERSHIP)
4 Alexandria Gazette, 22-Jun-1892, page 4 (notice of copartnership of Lunt & Allen)
5 Alexandria Gazette, 3-May-1894, page 5 (notice of dissolution of Lunt & Allen)
6 Alexandria Gazette, 02-Dec-1905, page 3 (REMOVAL of drug business)
7 Alexandria Gazette, 01-May-1919, page 4 (NOTICE May 1 1919...)
8 City directories for Alexandria VA, various years from 1871-1959 (directories for some years may be missing)
9 Find-a-grave entry for Ernest Linwood Allen
10 Alexandria Gazette, 24-Oct-1882, page 3 (NOTICE Samuel H Janney transfer to Summers & Allen)
11 Find-a-grave entry for John Elmer Winfield Timberman
12 Nov-4-2004 article at http://www.connectionnewspapers.com/news/2004/nov/04/bidding-farewell-to-timbermans-drugstore/

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