Hilton Pharmacy


Company Names, addresses, dates:
  Hilton Pharmacy, 337 Warwick Rd, Hilton Village VA
  Hilton Pharmacy, 301 Warwick Rd, Hilton Village VA
  Hilton Pharmacy, 10301 Warwick Rd, Newport News VA

Notes:
The earliest reference I could find to this drugstore was a mention in a newspaper ad from 1920. The address at that time was 337 Warwick Road in Hilton Village.1
Wikipedia says that Hilton Village is a neighborhood in Newport News, VA that was built between 1918-1921 to house ship building workers.

The earilest mention to an owner or proprietor I could find was from 1928, when Rozier Leavitt Francis (1876-1942)2 was the proprietor.3
His death certificate said he was the owner of a drug store at his time of death, so I presume he owned this drug store up until he died in 1942.2

I don't know who took over the store when Rozier passed away, but in 1974, Clarence G. Joyce (ca.1893-1974) became a co-owner of the store.4

The last reference I could find to the store was a "pharmacist wanted" ad in a newspaper from 1962, so the drug store lasted until at least that year.5
The address of the store in that ad was 10301 Warwick Blvd in Newport News, whereas the address on the bottle below is 301 Warwick Road, Hilton Village. It appears Hilton Village got assimilated into Newport News, and that Warwick Road became Warwick Blvd and the addresses got re-numbered.


Bottles:

hilton_01 This is a clear 3.4" (1 oz) machine-made screw-top bottle with a label that says:
label: COMPOUND / TINCTURE oF BENZOIN / Alcohol 74 to 80 Per Cent ... / Hilon Pharmacy, Inc. / Phone 2-5351 / 301 Warwick Road, HILTON VILLAGE, VIRGINIA


1 Richmond Times Dispatch, 20-Jun-1920, page 12
2 VA death certificate 23808 for Rozier Leavitt Francis, d:28-Nov-1942 in Newport News
3 Richmond Times Dispatch, 30-Nov-1928, page 1
4 Bull Mountain Bugle, 15-Jul-1992, page 5B (obituary for Clarence G. Joyce)
5 Richmond Times Dispatch, 1-Jun-1962, page 18


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