306 W. FRANKLIN ST.

306 W. FRANKLIN ST.

306
West Franklin Street
,
Chapel Hill
NC
Built in
1920-1940
Architectural style: 
Colonial Revival
Construction type: 
Masonry
National Register: 
Chapel Hill
Neighborhood: 
Chapel Hill - Franklin-Rosemary
Type: 
Commercial
Use: 
Grocery Store
,
Restaurant

Fowler's Grocery Store - which started in Chapel Hill in the 1920s. As of the 2000s, occupied by several restaurants/bars, including Vespa.

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  • Sat, 01/09/2021 - 4:23pm by gary

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306
West Franklin Street
,
Chapel Hill
NC
Built in
1920-1940
Architectural style: 
Colonial Revival
Construction type: 
Masonry
National Register: 
Chapel Hill
Neighborhood: 
Chapel Hill - Franklin-Rosemary
Type: 
Commercial
Use: 
Grocery Store
,
Restaurant

 

Fowler's Food Store, 1950s

Fowler's Food Store was founded in Chapel Hill by the Fowler family in the 1920s. The store occupied several locations on West Franklin Street; in 1942, the grocery opened a Durham location on North Roxboro Road, just south of East Club Blvd. In 1950, Owners were noted as "RL Fowler and MM Fowler, the former being in active charge."

August 15, 1951 (photo by Roland Giduz, via UNC)

August 15, 1951 (photo by Roland Giduz, via UNC)

May 25, 1963 (photo by Roland Giduz, via UNC)

1965

February 1977 (photo by Brian Clarke/DTH)

 

After the family sold the Chapel Hill store in the late-1970s, the Durham store became the one-and-only.

01.17.09 (G. Kueber)

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