1116 BROAD

Colonial Stores had been located at 1106 and 1108 Broad prior to building a new supermarket to the north of these structures in 1953.


Looking south on Broad Street at the construction site, 10.24.53
(Courtesy The Herald-Sun Newspaper)

Below, the grand opening, looking northeast.


(Courtesy The Herald-Sun Newspaper)

By the early 1960s, Colonial Stores closed this location, which then became an Eckerd Drugstore.


Looking north, 10.20.62.
(Courtesy The Herald-Sun Newspaper)

By 1975, this was a Revco Drugstore, which it remained through the early 1990s. By the late 1990s, this was Pars Oriental Rugs.

Of late, the building has seen a serious rejuvenation with the addition of three great retail establishments: Watts Grocery, High Strung, and the Broad St. Cafe


1116 Broad, 06.27.09

Find this spot on a Google Map.


36.016531,-78.918938