Boulevard Drug Store


Company Names, addresses, dates:
   Boulevard Drug Store, 3301 Boulevard, Colonial Heights VA (ca.1968-ca.1984) 1,2
  Boulevard Drug Store, 3424 Boulevard, Colonial Heights VA (ca.1985-1995) 3,4

Notes:
 The earliest newspaper mention of the Boulevard Drug Store in Colonial Heights that was from 1968.1

Albert Shafer Lewis Jr (1909-1981)5 was the co-owner of the Boulevard Drug Store until he retired in 1971. He was also a co-owner of the Colonial Heights drug store. 6

It appears the building that the store was housed in was sold in 19842, and by 1985 the store had a new address not far from the original address.3
In 1995 there was an announcement that a drug store called "Revco", had aquired all prescription records from the Boulevard Drug Store, so apparently that's the time the store closed.4


Bottles:
boulevard_01 This is a white (milk glass) 2.2" tall screw-top bottle with a label that says:
label (printed): BOULEVARD DRUG / 3301 BOULEVARD COLONIAL HEIGHTS, VA
label (typed): 147956 Reardon / BROCKWELL Baby / Apply sparingly three / times a day. / Kenalog


1 Richmond Times-Dispatch, 3-Aug-1968, p.7 (earliest mention I found of Boulevard Drug Store)
2 Richmond Times-Dispatch, 16-Sep-1984, p.96 (Winn Dixie purchases drug store building in Colonial Heights)
3 Richmond Times-Dispatch, 25-Aug-1985, p.169 (Boulevard Drug Store address is 3424 Boulevard)
4 Richmond Times-Dispatch, 13-Dec-1995, p.149 (Revco acquired Boulevard Drug customers records)
5 Find-a-grave entry for Albert Shafer Lewis Jr
6 Richmond Times-Dispatch, 24-Jun-1981, p.16 (Obituary for Albert Shafer Lewis Jr)


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This page last updated on October 12, 2026.