A TRIP TO OLD APEX

 

 

The Stewart Family
Baldwin Family, c.1903. Helen Stewart Davenport Collection.
James H.G. Booker & Mac Upchurch's Store, 121 N. Salem, c.1940. Photo by Gerald Maynard. Ann Poe Grebing Collection.
The Tobacco Price Control Vote, Jackson Warehouse, 223 N. Salem, c.1930.
Maynard-Pearson House, 1913. L-R: John Phineas Pearson, Ida Colon Maynard Pearson, Bayard Preston Pearson, Sr., James Roy Pearson, Sr., Ethyl Ruth Pearson, Sam Branch. Apex Historical Society Collection.
Troy's Motor Court and Tea Room, New Hill, c.1930.
Rev. Matthew Brown and wife Isabell c.1885.
Apex Normal and Collegiate Institute, c.1910. Located off Center Street, next to Christian Home Church.
Carolina Hotel, 307 N.Salem, c.1925. L-R: Mildred Collins Cash, Christine "Crick" Barbee Cash, Hamilton "Bully" Cash, unknown, unknown.
Rev. Olive founded the Olive Chapel Baptist Church and was the father of Apex's first mayor, H.C. Olive.
Benton Grocery, 1935, 115 N. Salem, L-R: Howard Benton, Bruce Benton, John Terry.
A.V. Baucom Pharmacy, 1927. L-R: Hugh Sloan, Ernest Stephens, A.V. Baucom.
Jessie Allen Norris, c.1900.
Pate & His Store, 107-109 N. Salem, c.1920.
Apex Volunteer Fire Department, Sept. 12, 1940, North State News
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