H.W. Cole
Company Names, addresses, dates1:
  H.W. Cole, 429 Main Street, Danville VA (18?? - c.1890s)
  Cole & Grymes, 1007 Main Street, Danville VA (c.1890s)
Notes:
Dr. Howson White Cole (1830-1910) was a druggist in Danville2,3.
His obituary says he attended the Medical College of South Carolina, and later the
Jefferson Medical College in Philadelphia, where he graduated in 1854. He was a
confederate solder, and after the war started a drug business, which he stayed with
until about 1905.3
The Danville city directories for 1881 & 1892 list his drug store at 429 Main Street.
The 1892 directory also lists a "Cole & Grymes" at 1007 Main Street.
And the 1881 city directory also has an advertisement that lists his drug store at
"No 3 Masonic Building", which I beleive was at 429 Main Street.
For more information about H W Cole's drugstore, see rdricketts blog.
Bottles:
This is a clear 4.7" bottle embossed: vertical: H.W. COLE / APOTHECARY / DANVILLE VA |
This is a snippet from an 1894 Sanborn Fire Insurance map, showing the drugstore at address 429 Main Street. It was part of the masonic hall building. |