The Selman Drug & Jewelry Company - Douglasville Commercial Historic District - Douglasville, GA
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YoSam.
N 33° 45.065 W 084° 44.920
16S E 708530 N 3736833
NRHP says it is now a drug store, but that was 1989..today it is the Irish Bred Pub
Waymark Code: WMYB04
Location: Georgia, United States
Date Posted: 05/23/2018
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County of building: Douglas County
Location of building: Price St. & Broad St., SE corner, Douglasville
Built: 1885
Original Occupant: G. G. Hudson and Dr. J. B. Edge
Current Occupant: Irish Bred Pub
"The former Selman Drug and Jewelry Company (photograph 6), built in
1885, is a two-story, red brick building designed in an Italianate
style. The building features an elaborate pressed metal cornice with
brackets. The second story brick panels along the Broad Street facade
are slightly recessed. Both the front and side facades feature
decorative window hood moldings and stone sills.
"Examples of Italianate detailing, found in the former Selman Drug
Company building, are recognized by decorative pressed metal cornices,
with brackets and elaborate window hood moldings.
"Selman Drug & Jewelry was located at the corner of Price Avenue and
East Broad Street with offices upstairs. This two-story brick
building with floor space of 6,000 square feet was erected in 1885.
Bricks for the building were made of county bricks in James Marion
Abercrombie's brickyard on the outside of town. The first drug firm
was Hudson & Edge which later became known as Selman Drug Co. and in
1887 became J. L. Selman & Company. Selman Drug Store was the first
drugstore to have a soda fountain in the early 1890s, and with the
coming of the auto, a gas pump was installed on the sidewalk in front
of the drugstore. In 1926, the business was sold to pharmacist W. S.
O'Neal. In 1962, it was sold to the current owners, Freeman Warren
and Glenn Boggs and is now called B & W Drugs." ~ NRHP Nomination Form
"This two-story brick building was Douglasville’s first drug store. It is the
only building on Broad Street with a cast iron decorative front. It was
built in 1885 by G. G. Hudson and Dr. J. B. Edge. Within the first year of
business Hudson bought Dr. Edge’s interest. In 1887, Hudson sold the
business to Joseph L. Selman and it became Selman and Son
Groceries Hardware, and Feed Stuffs. In March 1906, the
Gainsborough Telephone Co. moved from the second floor of the
Upshaw building to the second floor of the Selman building." ~ Walking Tour of Downtown