Photos of Scenes from Purcellville, Today and Yesterday

1. Purcellville, Virginia Today and Yesterday Presented by Purcellville Parks and Recreation Department

2. Today 21 st and Main Street

3. Yesterday 1936

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8. J.V. Nichols Store and Purcellville Bank Both were destroyed in the 1914 Fire. Yesterday

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10. J.V. Nichols Hardware Store Yesterday

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12. Hampton Inn 1914 Yesterday

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14. Yesterday

15. Today It’s Bazaar

16. Yesterday Purcellville Motor Company Courtesy Balch Library

17. Today Nichols Hardware Store

18. Nichols Hardware Store 1934 Courtesy Balch Library Yesterday

19. Today Bush Tabernacle Purcellville Skating Rink

20. Yesterday

21. Today Bush Tabernacle/Purcellville Skating Rink

22. Yesterday 1940’s

23. Magnolia’s at the Mill Restaurant Today

24. Yesterday Contee Adams Seed Co. 1956

25. Today W&OD Trail/Train Station

26. Yesterday 1940

27. Today Loudoun Valley Community Center

28. Yesterday Purcellville Elementary School

29. Several times in the mid-1930’s, Russell Gregg climbed the town water tower off 21 th Street and took photos. This scene is looking west along the W&OD Railroad tracks, which were removed beyond Purcellville in 1939.

30. In this scene, the camera is looking east along the W&OD with the mill that became Magnolia’s at the Mill restaurant at the bottom center of the photo.

31. Looking west towards the mountains. Main Street is at the left running diagonally to the upper right.

32. The 21 st Street business section with White Palace near the top right and the old Purcellville National Bank on Main Street at the top and center.