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At the Crossroads, 1987
Written By: Jane Gibson Nardy - Cashiers Historical Society | Issue: 2016/11 - November
One of my recently discovered cousins, Doug Tritt, who knows I’m always looking for a subject for a new article, told me about this old 1987 aerial view of the Cashiers Crossroads taken prior to the addition of a traffic light. Susan Fowler, whose father, Conrad Adrian Fowler, owns the picture, lent me a copy, which I had scanned and recopied. There were some stop signs at the Crossroads although they are hard to see in this almost 30-year-old picture. ((A 1976 aerial photo of the Cashiers Crossroads area, taken from a different angle can be found on page 76 of “The Cashiers Area, Yesterday, Today, and Forever.”)
I next emailed the picture to Carol and David Bryson, asking them to identify as many of the buildings pictured as possible in 1987. Their business, David H. Bryson’s Land Surveying, was located near the crossroads. They thanked me for the stroll down memory lane and their building identifications follow:
Starting at the top left and going across highway:
Howard Zachary’s Exxon Station (Originally “Esso” Station)
Cashiers Chamber of Commerce (Once home of Mrs. Brown)
Laurelwood Inn (Now owned by the Dews family)
John Lee Rogers Gulf Station (Built circa 1944)
Bud Rogers Shell Station (When summer residents pulled up to the pumps, Bud greeted them with “Hello, tourists.”)
(Note: John Lee Rogers and Bud Rogers were brothers and Howard Zachary was their cousin. They daily watched each other, played jokes on each other and kin-folks had to get a few gallons of gas at each station so not to play favorites.)
West side:
Lyn K. Holloway Antiques (She was well-known and loved around town)
Fowler’s Hardware
Wachovia Bank (Now Wells Fargo)
West side continued:
L. V. Lee Realty
Market Basket Restaurant (Stir-fry cooked on hot stones at each table)
Pharmacist Mark Zachary’s Drug Store
Fowler’s Olde Home Place
Fowler’s Texaco Service Station
East side: These buildings face the original, unpaved road.
Meagan’s Market
Dress Shop
V. C. Smith Real Estate and an unknown Accounting business
Tommy’s Restaurant (Locally owned Mom and Pop Cafeteria we all miss)
Golf Apparel
Cashiers Realty
The Apple Tree Clothing Shop
The Art Barn
David H. Bryson’s Land Surveying
Earl Smith, Architect
Leah’s Restaurant (Round building in back)
Dear Readers, if you have corrections and/or additions to these building identifications, please email Jane Nardy at [email protected] or call (828) 743-9002.
