There's a lot of info in this Siler City photo taken about 1908.

The teams and wagons are posed for a farm machinery publicity photo. The building in the center foreground is at the corner of West Raleigh and Birch Avenue. It was built before 1891 and housed the town's first drugstore. The next building up Raleigh St. has a sign saying "Henry Wright - fancy groceries and restaurant." Wrenn Brothers Co. stands on the southeast corner of Raleigh St. and Chatham Ave. The small building south of the old drugstore on Birch Ave. housed a produce business. The large building shown partially on the edge of the photo on Birch Ave. was Hotel Chatham.

This photo was contributed to the CCHA collection by Duane Hall. 

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