Over the past two weeks Picturing the Past has looked at two of Transylvania’s automobile dealerships.  Whitmire Motor operated in the 1920s and McCrary Auto

Roland Whitmire, W.L. Couch, and Rush Whitmire in the Whitmire Motor show room. In the 1920s Roland and Rush Whitmire operated Whitmire Motor Company in

McCrary Tire Service located on Caldwell Street behind the Clayton Hotel, 1933-1939. The McCrary family spend nearly 70 years working in the automobile industry in

Transylvania Times modern facility on North Broad St., 1966. In 1966 The Transylvania Times renovated the former McCrary Auto on N. Broad St. for their

A three-part Palladian window on the stair landing allows for plenty of light in Silvermont’s large entrance hall. The Silvermont mansion on East Main Street

A 1955 Brevard laundromat. For the past several weeks Picturing the Past has been featuring photographs from inside some of Brevard’s businesses.  Drug stores, restaurants,

In the first decade of the 20th century Brevard had two large hotels, plus numerous small hotels and boarding houses.  John McMinn built the Aethelwold

Frank Clement and Thelma Ashworth inside Clement Jewelry. Brevard has been the home of a number of jewelry shops since the early 1900s.  The earliest

Rice Furniture opened on June 1, 1968 making it the longest running current retail business in downtown Brevard.  Edwin Rice began in the business as

This week Picturing the Past will look inside a few of Brevard’s former department stores.  General stores had been popular in most communities in the