Ashby's Drug Store /
Remington Drug Co


Company Names, addresses, dates:
   Ashby's Drug Store, Remington VA
  Remington Drug Co, Remington VA

Notes:
 This drugstore still exists today (as of 2026).
Looking at newspaper ads and articles over the years, it seems that it's called the "Remington Drug Company" but has also been referred to as "Ashby's Drug Store".

Here's a timeline of the store:
1908: William Walden Ashby (1886-1918)1 starts selling pharmaaceuticals at Robert Lee Willis's Grocery store 2
1908: The building that currently houses the drugstore was built 3
1910: First newspaper mention I found for "Remington Drug Co" (it refers to W.W. Ashby as the "junior member" of said company) 4
1913: Ashby moves into the building that houses the store today 2
1918: William Walden Ashby passes away from influenza 1
1919: Ashby's widow sells the company to Ashby's brother Evan Hamilton Ashby (1890-1978)5 and Dr. George Russell Cottingham (1878-1924)6
1924: Dr. Cottingham passes away 6
1925: Evan Ashby buys out Cottingham's interest and is sole owner of the store 7
1927: First newspaper mention I found that refers to the store as part of the Rexall chain 8
1930s: Marble soda fountain installed (and still there today) 9
1972: Wilbur Heflin purchases the store from Evan Ashby 9
1978: Evan Ashby passes away 5
2007: Travis Hale Starts working at the store 9
2015: Heflin sells the store to Travis Hale and Al Roberts 9


Bottles:
ashby_01 This is a clear, 3" bottle with a plastic stopper, and a label:
label: No 130-572 Dr. Ashby / ... / ASHBY'S DRUG STORE / THE Rexall STORE / E. H. ASHBY REG. PHAR. PROP. / REG NO 363 REMINGTON, VIRGINIA
ashby_02 This is the same bottle, shown from 3 angles so-as to show the entire label.


Other Items:
remington_01 Today it's still open, and it's called Remington Drug Co. This is a picture I took of the drugstore on 7-March-2009.
remington_2019 This is a picture I took of the drugstore in June 2019. Note the new sign that says it was established in 1913.
remington_02a remington_02b This is a cardboard fan, front & rear shown, with an advertisement for '666' products.. The front depicts a child singing with 3 birds, and a small caption saying "666 Quartet". The wooden stick is stamped "The Remington Drug Co.
The rear has extensive ads for the 666 products, and in the bottom right is stamped:
stamp: The Remington Drug Co., / E.H. Ashby, Reg. Pharmacist / Remington, Va


1 Find-a-grave entry for William Walden Ashby
2 Washington Post 2-Aug-2008, Article: "Seeing a Century Over the Drugstore Counter"
3 See: http://www.co-opliving.com/coopliving/issues/2009/MarchApril%202009/Images/MarApr09DownHome.pdf
4 Richmond Virginian, 19-Mar-1910, page 13
5 Find-a-grave entry for Evan Hamilton Ashby
6 Find-a-grave entry for George Russell Cottingham
7 Remington Press, 11-Apr-1925, page 8
8 Remington Press, 03-May-1927, page 4 (first ad that uses "The Rexall Store")
9 See: https://remingtondrug.com/about/


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This page last updated on September 12, 2026.