(Formerly) Southside Hardware on South Elm Street

Yesterday's post about the alley off of Lewis Street resulted in a wonderfully informative comment from Nollie W. Neill, Jr. whose family had a business in that alley. His family's foundry was Glascock which moved to West Lee Street (Glascock Stove & Manufacturing Co.). He also wrote that a tornado on April 2, 1936 damaged and destroyed many of the buildings in the Lewis Street/South Elm area. 

We'll try our luck today and post a photo of the Southside Hardware Company buildings from the back, the MLK, Jr. Drive side. The other side of the buildings faces South Elm Street, a block up from yesterday's post. For now, we can only show the signage as Google searches aren't resulting in any information. There is a Southside Hardware in High Point. Does anyone know if they are related?

Comments

[Nollie W Neill Jr]

Several early hardware stores are listed in the 500 block of South Elm. First reference I find at quick glance for Southside Hardware is 1897 Newspaper ad. The Southside Hardware name doesn't appear in City Directories until 1903-04 Directory, located at 525 S. Elm Street. Think they went out of business in the 1990's. Couple of the GSO Facebook history pages have discussed this hardware store in the past.

[William Kendall]

Quite old fashioned!

[Lowell]

Did you not get my comment?