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1960s Raleigh
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Until 1966, the public library was the old
white house on the south side of James Road just west Austin Peay.
For photos and the complete story, see
1950s
Raleigh.
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Dr. Walter Verner was a popular family doctor in
Raleigh across the parking lot from the Rexall's
Drugstore.
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Raleigh's first shopping center on Austin Peay had
Kroger, Thrasher's Fabrics, Shainberg’s, Kress,
Walgreen’s, and Western Auto.
It was torn down and replaced with a K-Mart.
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Other Raleigh businesses: Rexall Drugstore, Shakey’s
Pizza, The Minute Man.
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In the late sixties, the closest hand-dipped ice cream
was "Dipper Dan the Ice Cream Man" at the corner of
Macon & National.

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