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Commercial Row West

Milton, North Carolina
· early - to mid - 19th century
Industry
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Commercial Row West included W.S. Brandon General Merchandise, whose last merchant was Dudley Brandon and whose building was once an early silent movie theater; Lewis Walker Drugstore, known for its beautiful brown granite counters; W.T. Oliver General Merchandise, which had a screened-off fresh meat section in back and had earlier been part of the Foster estate; and Lex Motz General Merchandise, whose building housed a WPA sewing operation during the Roosevelt administrations.
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