Historic Greensboro Saloons, 1896-1904

1896-1897

Benbow House Bar

• 122 S. Elm Street
• The Benbow House Bar was located within the Guilford Benbow Hotel. The hotel opened in 1871 and burned down in 1899. It was rebuilt as the Guilford Hotel on the same site after the fire. In approximately 1930, the hotel was replaced by the F.W. Woolworth store where the first "sit-ins" of the civil rights movement occurred in 1960.
• Renamed the Benbow House Saloon, 1899

Collins & Cantieri

• 329 S. Elm Street

E.G. Newcomb

• 1896-1900
• 231 S. Elm Street

E.G. West

• 327 S. Elm Street
• 1899-1900, E.G. West relocated to 344 S. Elm Street
• 1903-1904, E.G. West relocated to 109 E. Sycamore Street, now February One Plaza

F.M. Fields

• 501 S. Elm Street
• F.M. Fields was located just cross the street and railroad from the Cascade Saloon Building

F.V. Snell

• 334 S. Elm Street

R.P. Gorrell

• 1896-1904
• 341 S. Elm Street
• Photo of the Edward A. Small House, ca. 1880, at this location
• Future home of Natty Greene's Brewing Company (2004)

S.J. McCauley (Cascade Saloon)

• 1891-1901
• 410 S. Elm Street
• First saloon in what is now known as the Cascade Saloon Building
• 1901, relocated to the Hotel Clegg, 366 S. Elm Street
• The Cascade Saloon, Then & Now

1899-1900

C.C. Shoffner

• 1899-1901
• 346 S. Elm Street
• 1903-1904, relocated to 360 S. Elm Street
• Future home of Little Brother Brewing (2017)
• The J.R. Stewart Saloon, Then & Now

C.H. Coble

• 501 S. Elm Street
• C.H. Coble was located just cross the street and railroad from the Cascade Saloon Building

John Barker

• 329 S. Elm Street

1901

Coble & Renigar

• 334 S. Elm Street

Greensboro Wine & Liquor Co.

• 1901-1904
• 501 S. Elm Street
• the Greensboro Wine & Liquor Co. was located just cross the street and railroad from the Cascade Saloon Building
• Mr. J. J. Loughlin, Sr., originally from Warrenton, was the president. He passed away in 1902

Midway Saloon

• 1901-1904
• 231 S. Elm Street

The Windsor

• 109 E Sycamore Street

1903-1904

J.R. Coble

• 334 S. Elm Street

J.R. Stewart

• 346 S. Elm Street
• Future home of Little Brother Brewing (2017)
• The J.R. Stewart Saloon, Then & Now

King & Oakley

• 329 S. Elm Street

W.F. Jackson

• 366 S. Elm Street
• The saloon was located within the Hotel Clegg. The hotel opened in 1891 and was demolished in 1961
• Interior of office and lobby of the Hotel Clegg

W.H. Harp

• 201 S Elm Street

Historical images taken from UNCG Digital Collections. Items held by the Greensboro History Museum and the UNCG University Libraries.