Barry's Drug Store


Company Names, addresses, dates:
   Barry's Drug Store, 20 W. Boscawan Street, Winchester VA (1952-1976) 1,2

Notes:
Wilbur Ford Barry (1906-1979)3 came to Winchester in 1937, and worked as a manager of the Peoples Drug Store
in Winchester VA for 15 years. In 1952, he resigned from Peoples and opened his own drug store.1

The Rotz Pharmacy web site says that John Rotz purchased Barry's Drug Store in 1976, and changed the name to the "Rotz Pharmacy" in 1978. It also said that Barry's Drug Store was at 23 Boscawan Street, so it may have moved from "20" to "23" Boscawan Street sometime before 1976.2

Bottles:
barry_01 This is an amber, 2.8" machine-made bottle with a label from 1968:
label: BARRY'S DRUG STORE / PHONE MO. 2-8312 / Dr. W.Pifer / ... 2-5-68 / 20 W BOSCAWEN ST. WINCHESTER, VA.


Other Items:
barry_02 This is a photo of W. Ford Barry from his 1928 University of Maryland Pharmacy yearbook.


1 Northern Virginia Daily, 26-Jun-1952, p.6 "Barry Resigns Drug Store Post..."
2 This web site: https://rotzpharmacy.com/about-us/
3 Find-a-grave entry for Wilbur Ford Barry


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This page last updated on January 11, 2025.