Chosi's Patterson Drug Co Page

Patterson Drug Co

Company Names, addresses, dates: ¹
(first store 'Cut-Rate')
Patterson & Mason Drug Co, 213 12th Street, Lynchburg VA (1910)
Patterson Drug Co Inc, 213 12th Street, Lynchburg VA (1911-1914)
Patterson Drug Co Inc, 1120 Main Street, Lynchburg VA (1915-1923)
Patterson Drug Co Inc, 1027 Main Street, Lynchburg VA (1924-1937)
Patterson Drug Co Inc, 1020 Main Street, Lynchburg VA (1938-1960+)
(second store 'uptown')
Patterson Drug Co Inc, 707 Main Street, Lynchburg VA (1917-1926
Patterson Drug Co Inc, 627 Main Street, Lynchburg VA (1926-1959)
Patterson Drug Co Inc, 316 Campbell Avenue, Lynchburg VA (1960-?)

Notes:
Charles Greenwood Patterson (1885-1945)² was a druggist in Lynchburg, VA. The 1909 Lynchburg city directory had him working as the secretary, treasurer, and general manager of the Binkley Drug Company in Lynchburg. The 1910 directory had him teamed up with a partner, listed as the Patterson & Mason Drug Company¹
In 1911, he renamed that firm the "Patterson Drug Company Inc."³
in 1917 he opened a second store. Most years the city directories referred to his first store as the "Cut Rate Drug Store", and the second store as the "Uptown Drug Store". One of the bottles below has a label that lists his second store as "STORE NO 2".
Charles G. Patterson was listed as the president of the company in city directories up until his death in 1945. After that, his son Charles G. Patterson Jr. was the president of the company.

Chain of Drug Stores
Charles created a small chain of drugstores called "Patterson Drug Company" throughout Virginia and other states. Some of the Patterson bottles I have from other Virginia cities have similar labels which have a red stripe and say "STORE No x", so they are clearly part of that chain. Others don't have the red stripe or say "STORE No x" on them, but they have the same name (Patterson Drug Co), so they are likely part of the chain. I've also found some newspaper ads for Patterson Drug Co's in other cities. My list includes:
Patterson Drug Co, Store No 2: 7th & Main Streets, Lynchburg VA
Patterson Drug Co, Store No 6: Martinsville VA
Patterson Drug Co, Store No 7: Alta Vista VA
Patterson Drug Co, Store No 8: 238 Main Street, Farmville VA (1937-1953) ⁴
Patterson Drug Co Inc, 512 Main Street, Danville VA (ca.1917-ca.1924) ^5,6
Patterson Drug Co Inc, 443 Main Street, Danville VA (ca.1929-ca.1960) ^5,6
Patterson Drug Co Inc, 308 S. Jefferson Street, Roanoke VA
Patterson Drug Co, South Boston VA

Patterson & Mason Bottles:

Clear 4.3" bottle embossed:
vertical: PATTERSON & MASON DRUG CO. / PRESCRIPTIONISTS / LYNCHBURG, VA.

Patterson Drug Co Bottles:

	This is a Sun-colored Amethyst (SCA) 7" bottle embossed: vertical slanted: Patterson's vertical: FOR / PURE DRUGS / LYNCHBURG, VA.
	This is a clear 6.5" BIM bottle embossed: horizontal: CARLOS / HAIRTONIC / MADE BY / PATTERSON / DRUG CO. / LYNCHBURG. base: C L G CO / 2
	This is a clear 7" bottle with label: label: AROM. SPIRITS AMMONIA / ALCOHOL 68% / DOSE - From thirty to sixty drops in water / PATTERSON DRUG CO., INC. / PRESCRIPTIONISTS / 1027 MAIN ST. LYNCHBURG, VA. / OPEN ALL NIGHT
	This is a clear 4.5" bottle with label: label: AROMATIC SPIRIT AMMONIA / ALCOHOL 68 PER CENT / DOSE - From 30 to 60 drops in a little water / Prescriptionists / PATTERSON DRUG CO./ STORE NO. 2 / PHONE 1288 / 7th & MAIN STS. LYNCHBURG, VA.

Other Items:

	This is a receipt from 1918. It says: Receipt: PATTERSON DRUG CO. / UP-TOWN STORE / TELEPHONE 1288 / TERMS CASH / 707 MAIN STREET / DOWN-TOWN STORE / 1120 MAIN STREET / LYNCHBURG, VA. JUN 29 1918 ...
	This is a receipt from 1960. It says: Receipt: PATTERSON DRUG CO. / SAFE SERVICE DRUG STORES / 1020 MAIN STREET 627 MAIN STREET / LYNCHBURG, VA. 6-10 1960 / ...
	This is a 1.75" x 1.75" x 0.75" cardboard pill box from 1924. It says: printed: PATTERSON DRUG CO. Inc. / PRESCRIPTIONISTS / 1027 MAIN ST. LYNCHBURG, VA. / OPEN ALL NIGHT typed: 267095 7.29.24 / Miss Ford / One capsule after eating / G.M. Preston MD
	This is a 2" x 2" x 0.75" cardboard pill box from 1938. It says: printed: PATTERSON DRUG CO. Inc. / PRESCRIPTIONISTS / 1027 MAIN ST. LYNCHBURG, VA. / OPEN ALL NIGHT typed: 747655 8.7.38 / One every 4 hours. / R.W. Lomax.
	This is a 1.75" x 1.75" x 0.75" cardboard pill box from 1938. It says: printed: PATTERSON DRUG CO. Inc. / PRESCRIPTIONISTS / 1020 MAIN ST. LYNCHBURG, VA. / OPEN ALL NIGHT typed: 747655 8.7.38 / One every 4 hours. / Lomax. Note that this has the same Doctor (Lomax) and date (8/7/38) as the one above, but the address of the store is different (1020 Main St vs. 1027 Main St).

Some Patterson Drug Co artifacts from other cities:

	This is a 3.25" x 5.5" cardboard advertisement. It says: ... / PATTERSON'S DRUG STORE / HEADQUARTERS FOR WHITMAN'S / ALTA VISTA, VA.
	This is a postcard depicting the Patterson Drug Co store number 7 in AltaVista VA.

¹ City directories from Lynchburg VA, years: 1908-1960
² Find-a-grave entry for Charles Greenwood Patterson
³ Richmond Daily Dispatch, 17-Jun-1911, page 4
⁴ Farmville-Prince Edward Historical Society presentation "The Drug Stores of Farmville", by Jimmy Hurt April 2019
⁵ City directories for Danville VA, years: 1902,04,06,08,17,21,27,29,30,31,35,37,39,41,43,45,47,50,52,54,55,58,60
⁶ Bottle on ebay w/ label from 1924 that said "PATTERSON DRUG CO INC 512 MAIN ST DANVILLE VA"

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This page last updated on December 2, 2021.