McLenahan & Powell
Company Names, addresses, dates: 1
  McClenahan & Powell, 430 Freemason, Norfolk VA (1897-1901)
  McClenahan William A, 430 Freemason, Norfolk VA (1902-1912)
  McClenahan William A, 330 E Freemason, Norfolk VA (1913-1914)
Notes:
William A McClenahan was born in 1867 in North Carolina2.
He was a clerk at
Gatling's Pharmacy
in 1894.1
By 1897 he had teamed up with
W. Lee Powell
to form the "McClenahan & Powell" drugstore.
In January of 1897, they offered "Free Gold". Specifically, they advertised that
they would award $7.50 worth of gold to whoever could spell the most words using
the letters from the word "DRUGGISTS". You had to make a purchase of at least
50-cents in order to enter the contest. 3
The initial address of McClenahan & Powel at 430 Freemason was the same location as the
Taylor Brothers
Pharmacy in previous years. Note that 198 Freemason was renumbered to be 430 Freemason in 1897.
The address was also sometimes referred to as "Corner Freemason and Bank Streets".
Starting in 1901, McClenahan had dropped Powell and became the sole owner of
the drug store.4
I don't know what happened to Powell after that, but McClenahan continued
to operate the store until 1914. The address changed from 430 Freemason to
330 Freemason in 1912.1
I couldn't find out what happened to McClenahan after 1914.
Starting in 1916, the "Ruden Drug Store" was listed at 330 Freemason.