Jesse N. Greene


Company Names, addresses, dates: 1
  Greene Bros, 200 Front Street, Norfolk VA (1901)
  Greene Bros, 40 E Avenue A, Atlantic City, Norfolk VA (1902-1905)
  Greene Bros, 324 Main Street, Norfolk VA (1903-1905)
  Greene's Diamond drug Co, 804 Church, Norfolk VA (1912)
  Greene's Diamond drug Co, 1109 Church, Norfolk VA (1913-1916)
  Greene's Atlantic City & Moran Pharmacies, Norfolk VA (1917-1918)
  Greene, Jesse N., 1006 E Main (and Proprietor Atlantic City Pharmacy), Norfolk VA (1920)
  Greene Drug Co, 112-114 Church & 1006 E Main, Norfolk VA (1922)
  Greene's High School Pharmacy 325 W 15th Sreet, Norfolk VA (1925)
  Greene's Eighteenth Street Pharmacy, 1757 Church Sreet, Norfolk VA (1925-27)
  Greene's Pharmacy, 541 W 35th Sreet, Norfolk VA (1935-36)

Notes:
Jesse N. Greene (1871-1961)2 was a druggist in Norfolk for many years.
He started out as a clerk and then a druggist working for various drug stores in the 1890s. Circa 1901 he started his own drug store called Greene Brothers, with his brother Archie D. Green.1
Jesse isn't listed in the 1906 City directory, whereas Archie was listed as a druggist at 171 Church Street. Neither brother is listed in the 1907 directory. In 1908 and 1909, Jesse was listed as a clerk at the Owl Drug Co.
As seen from all the drugstore names and addresses above, Jesse owned or ran various drugstores at various addresses in the subsequent years. According to the City Directories1, some of the drugstore he owned, ran, or held a position at include:
  Lee Park Pharmacy (1909-14)
  Atlantic City Pharmacy (1917-20)
  Moran Pharmacy (1917-18)
  High School Pharmacy (1925-27)
  Newport Pharmacy (1930-33)
  Economy Drug Corp (1930-1937)


Bottles:

greene_01 This is a clear 6.3" machine-made bottle with a label:
label: QPID / Stimulating Tonic / FOR / Kidney and Bladder / Derangements / ... The J. N. GREENE CO. / Manufacturing Pharmacists / NORFOLK VIRGINIA
embossed on the base: [O]WENS


1 Norfolk City directories, 1897-99,1900-10,12-14,16,19,20,22-23,25-27,30,31,33,35-37,39,41,51
2 Find-a-grave entry for Jesse N. Greene


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This page last updated on February 19, 2021.