Rice's Restaurant and Standard Oil Station, 1950

William Rice remodeled the original Roebuck Building located on U.S. 1 near Frazier Creek and reopened it as Rice's Hotel & Restaurant in November of 1945. Rice's Market, on the first floor of the hotel and restaurant, was added in September 1949 and a Standard Oil Service station was built next door in November 1949. Rice Hotel was closed in 1956. FFV (Famous Foods of Virginia) Cookies & Crackers truck visible in the background, parked next to Rice's Restaurant. Signs in front of the Standard Oil station include "Mobiloil world's record holder" and "Clean rest rooms, white & colored, cold ice water."

Scan gift of Sandra Thurlow.

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