Name/Title
Ross Drug Store on High Street in Waynesburg, Greene County, PennsylvaniaEntry/Object ID
2018.15.4Description
Ross Drug Store on High Street in Waynesburg, Greene County, Pennsylvania.
It is believed that this photograph shows the Ross Drug Store at its original location in the Silveus Building. This building neighbored the Grossman Building, which was destroyed in the Downey House fire on 23 December 1925. When the remains of the Grossman Building were being torn down following the fire, its west wall collapsed onto the Silveus Building, damaging it so severely that it had to be torn down and rebuilt.
Pictured in the foreground is store owner Jesse Lazear Ross [husband of Mary Catherine Donahoo, son of Timothy W. Ross & Mary Zimmerman], behind him to the right wearing glasses and a bow tie is Newt Penn who worked in the store, others are unidentified.
Original, no photographer listed.Collection
Mary Luna (Furman) Berryman CollectionMade/Created
Date made
circa 1925Place
Location
Pennsylvania / Greene County / WaynesburgLexicon
Search Terms
Interior, Penn family, Ross family, Waynesburg (Pa.)--Business--Silveus Building, Waynesburg (Pa.)--Streets--High StreetRelationships
Related Person or Organization
Person or Organization
Penn, NewtPerson or Organization
Ross, Jesse Lazear [1864-1932]Provenance
Provenance Detail
Ross Series - Mary Luna (Furman) Berryman CollectionNotes
The Mary Luna (Furman) Berryman Collection photographs were passed from Jesse Lazear Ross [1864-1932] and his wife, Mary Catherine Donahoo [1859-1936] to their daughter Mary Helen (Ross) Furman [1897-1965] to her daughter Mary Luna (Furman) Berryman who owned and shared the photographs with the Greene Connections: Greene County, Pennsylvania Archives Project in 2006.
Source Citation: Ross Drug Store on High Street in Waynesburg, Greene County, Pennsylvania; circa 1925; item no. BERR0004, Mary Luna (Furman) Berryman Collection, Greene Connections Archives Project (www.GreeneConnections.com).