1960s Raleigh
 
 
1960 Map of Raleigh and Scenic Hills
  • 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.
     

  • Dr. Walter Verner was a popular family doctor in Raleigh across the parking lot from the Rexall's Drugstore.
     

  • 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.
     

  • Other Raleigh businesses: Rexall Drugstore, Shakey’s Pizza, The Minute Man.
     

  • 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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