H.B. Watts & Co


Company Names, addresses, dates: 1
  H.B. Watts & Co, 92 Main Street, Lynchburg VA (1881)
  Almond & Watts, 804 Main Street, Lynchburg VA (1885)

Notes:
I couldn't find much information about this short-lived drugstore.

I think the proprietor was Hubert Bruce Watts (1857-1916)2 who was a resident in Lynchburg who had various occupations over the years.

The 1881 Lynchburg City Directory had an entry in the "Changes & Removals" section, that said "H.B. Watts & Co" were the successors to the George P. Craighill druggists at 92 Main. That is the only entry I could find in the Lynchburg city directories for that name. 1
The 1885 directory listed a drugstore named "Almond & Watts", but it did not list "H.B. Watts" in the residential section, so I couldn't confirm that it refers to the same "Watts" who's name is embossed on the bottle below. 1


Bottles:
watts_01 This is a clear 6.2" bottle embossed:
horizontal: H.B.WATTS & CO / (mortar & pestle with "HBW" logo) / DRUGGISTS / LYNCHBURG / VA


1 Lynchburg city directories for the years: 1875,81,85,87,90,97,99,1900
2 Find-a-grave entry for Hubert Bruce Watts


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