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Church Hill Shoe Service
11/22/2011 4:45 PM by John M
The small commercial building at 2211 East Marshall Street has recently had some of its late-20th century skinning removed to revealed a circa 1940s painted sign for $.05 Cokes and the Church Hill Shoe Service. Curious, I had to go dig through the Hill Directories to find out more about this…
| Commercial uses at 2211 East Marshall Street (incomplete) | |
| 1921 | used by F.D. Savage, a machinist who lived at 2214 East Broad Street |
| 1922 | Viaduct Motor Company |
| 1924 | J.W.Wiseman – storage for auto accessories business at 2209 East Marshall |
| 1925 | Wiseman and Dickenson |
| 1926 | VACANT |
| 1931-1934 | VACANT |
| 1934-1943 | operated as a restaurant by Samual A. Spraggins, who lived at 600 A Mosby Street |
| 1946 | used by Hubert F. Phillips for shoe repair |
| 1950-1976 | Grove’s Barbershop |
2211 East Marshall Street until fairly recently…
If you like this, check out This building has a history, a similar look at 623 North 25th Street.
Great find – love it!
I think the uncovering of this was a pleasant gift from Irene.
Picture of the day: Church Hill Shoe Service
http://rvanews.com/features/church-hill-shoe-service-2