W. W. (Walter W.) Pickard

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1. 1892 Watson and Pickard rebuild the Chapel Hill Hotel and add the University Inn Annex With money from W. G. Peckham, a New York lawyer, John H. Watson and his partner W. W. Pickard tore down the old hotel except for the Polk apartment, rebuilt it, and added a large new section called the University Inn Annex. People: John H. Watson Place: Chapel Hill Hotel, Franklin Street, Chapel Hill · Also named: W. G. PeckhamSearch the index · Bernard Lee Bryant Jr., Occupants and Structures of Franklin Street, Chapel Hill (1998; Chapel Hill Historical Society, 1999), scan p. 161 · Also: The Daily Tar Heel, August 22, 1994, p. 17; The Daily Tar Heel, June 2, 1994, p. 2
2. 1897 W. W. Pickard opens a livery stable at Franklin and Pine streets Hotel man W. W. Pickard opened a livery stable on the northwest corner of Franklin and Pine streets. William J. 'Tank' Hunter bought it in 1910. Place: Pickard livery stable, northwest corner of Franklin and Pine streets, Chapel HillSearch the index · Bernard Lee Bryant Jr., Occupants and Structures of Franklin Street, Chapel Hill (1998; Chapel Hill Historical Society, 1999), scan p. 171
3. about 1898 Chapel Hill forms a volunteer fire company with two borrowed hand reels Chapel Hill's volunteer fire company was formed with druggist E. S. Merritt as chief and two hand reels and a few hundred feet of light hose lent by the University, kept first in a shed behind the express office and then in the basement of the old Central Hotel. S. W. Andrews soon succeeded Merritt, a horse-drawn hook and ladder wagon came about six years later under W. W. Pickard, and John L. Foister became chief on Pickard's death in 1910. People: W. W. (Walter W.) Pickard, Samuel Weldon Andrews, John Lee Foister Place: Chapel Hill · Also named: E. S. Merritt · Also mentions: Central HotelSearch the index · The News (Chapel Hill), October 6, 1921, p. 1
4. 1908 Walter W. Pickard builds a new Pickard Hotel at Franklin and Pine streets After the old hotel he had leased passed to the university, Pickard and his wife built a new Pickard Hotel on the northwest corner of Franklin and Pine streets. In January 1908 the News reported that he would begin work the next month on an up-to-date hotel of about eighteen rooms opposite the Chapel Hill Hotel, with the material already ordered; Bryant's book gives the hotel seventy-five rooms. Place: Pickard Hotel, northwest corner of Franklin and Pine streets, Chapel Hill · Also mentions: Chapel Hill HotelSearch the index · Bernard Lee Bryant Jr., Occupants and Structures of Franklin Street, Chapel Hill (1998; Chapel Hill Historical Society, 1999), scan p. 189 · Also: The News (Chapel Hill), January 16, 1908, p. 1
5. 1910 or 1911 John L. Foister becomes chief of the Chapel Hill fire company After the death of chief W. W. Pickard, Chapel Hill's volunteer fire company chose John L. Foister, a member since 1903, as its chief. He held the post until his death in 1932. People: John Lee Foister, W. W. (Walter W.) Pickard Place: Chapel HillSearch the index · DigitalNC: The News (Chapel Hill), October 6, 1921, p. 1 (Chapel Hill Fire Fighters)
6. By September 1917 Walter W. Pickard sells the Pickard Hotel to William and Louisa Uzzel Walter W. Pickard sold his Franklin Street hotel to Major William Uzzel and his wife, Louisa. The News reported in September 1917 that Uzzell had bought the hotel and would stay on as its manager; Bryant's book puts the sale in 1916. The maps carry the hotel under Uzzel's ownership until it burned. Place: Pickard Hotel, East Franklin Street, Chapel Hill · Also named: William Uzzel, Louisa Uzzel · Also mentions: Franklin StreetSearch the index · Bernard Lee Bryant Jr., Occupants and Structures of Franklin Street, Chapel Hill (1998; Chapel Hill Historical Society, 1999), scan p. 209 · Also: The News (Chapel Hill), September 13, 1917, p. 5; The News (Chapel Hill), October 20, 1921, p. 2