Presented by Purcellville Parks and Recreation Department
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21st and Main Street
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1936
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J.V. Nichols Store and Purcellville Bank Both were destroyed in the 1914 Fire.
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J.V. Nichols Hardware Store
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Hampton Inn
1914
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It’s Bazaar
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Purcellville Motor CompanyCourtesy Balch Library
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Nichols Hardware
Store
Nichols Hardware
Store 1934
Courtesy Balch Library
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Bush TabernaclePurcellville Skating Rink
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Bush Tabernacle/Purcellville Skating Rink
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1940’s
Magnolia’s at the Mill Restaurant
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Contee Adams Seed Co. 1956
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W&OD Trail/Train Station
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1940
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Loudoun Valley Community Center
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Purcellville Elementary School
Several times in the mid-1930’s, Russell Gregg climbed the town water tower off 21th Street and took photos. This scene is looking west along the W&OD Railroad tracks, which were removed beyond Purcellville in 1939.
In this scene, the camera is looking east along the W&OD with the mill that became Magnolia’s at the
Mill restaurant at the bottom center of the photo.
Looking west towards the mountains. Main Street is at the left running diagonally to
the upper right.
The 21st Street business section with White Palace near the top right and the old Purcellville National Bank on Main Street at the