501 Washington Ave.
The structure at 501 Washington Ave. in Colonial Beach is currently the offices of Colonial Beach Real Estate. They can be reached at 804-224-0001
The building has offices on the first level and living quarters above. This pic shows the building before the second floor brackets were installed above the windows on the first floor.
Here's a shot from back in 1964 when it was still known as the Westmoreland Sundry store. Note the stoplights at the intersection.
Patrons from that era report this place had the best ice cream, root beer floats, cherry Cokes, milkshakes and pinball games. Lime Freeze drinks with a cherry on top were a Town favorite. The stools, serving counter and wooden phone booth are still in the back portion of the building from what I'm told. Mrs. Bryant once ran the lunch counter and soda fountain and made a mean chicken salad.
You could drop off your film camera rolls here to be developed, pick up a comic book or watch shows on possibly the first color television set in Town.
Songs by Eddie Fisher on the jukebox (3 for a quarter) were popular in the early 1950s.
This was the place to buy tickets for Greyhound Bus Lines too. The bus stop was just next door at 500 Washington Ave.
George and Emily Rick were the shop's owners for awhile prior to the Hall family running it.
The store used the phone number of 2900. Yes, just 4 digits. It likely opened in the 1930s and remained a sundries store until the early 1970s.
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