Name/Title
"Lawyers Row" Another story in pictures of Charles Town's past.Entry/Object ID
IMG5Description
Lawyers Row at Washington and George Streets in Charles Town, West Virginia across the street from the Jefferson County Court House. Shown in the photograph are (left to right) George Rutherford Moore, James H. Thompson, Walter Moten, and Charles E. Baylor.
Those occupying offices were William L. Wilson and George W. Baylor, law partners; Frank Beckwith and Thomas Claiborne Green, law partners; and George Rutherford Moore, insurance agent. African American James H. Thompson owned the barbershop and African American Walter Moten worked in the shop.
Lawyers Row and the barbershop were torn down about 1908 and the Farmers and Merchants Bank was built.Acquisition
Accession
42Source or Donor
Hankey, RosaAcquisition Method
GiftCredit Line
NB: No Deed of Gift on record for this donor as of 2/6/14Made/Created
Place
* Untyped Place
Charlestown, West Virginia/Charles Town, West Virginia