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This photograph was taken at Mikes On Main in Hendersonville, NC..

Mike's On Main Street building was built in 1900. It was built and operated as a pharmacy by Dr. William Hicks Justus until 1957 when it was sold to Dr. Albert Beck and his brother Bill Beck. Justus Pharmacy installed and operated the first soda fountain in Hendersonville, and it still operates as the only soda fountain in Hendersonville.

William Hicks Justus was born just west of Mud Creek. Dr. Justus was a Pharmacy graduate of Vanderbilt University and became a druggist in 1882.

Dr. Justus and Dr. Columbus Few opened the drug store at 218-20 North Main Street (one of the four oldest buildings in Hendersonville. Dr. Justus moved to the building now occupied by Mike's On Main Street in year 1900. Dr. Justus purchased the interest of Dr. Few in 1909 and continued as the sole proprietor. After running the business almost half a century Dr. Justus left the business to his son and retired at the a...

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