Green Valley Pharmacy, a Nauck Icon, Gets Local Historic Designation
Pharmacy is Arlington's first historically black commercial business to receive designation.
After 60 years, Doc's has more than earned its place in Arlington's rich cultural history. Doc's — formally known as the Green Valley Pharmacy — is the first known black-owned pharmacy in Arlington and the second-oldest business in the Nauck neighborhood. The Friendly Cab Co. is a few months older. The business, at 2415 Shirlington Road, opened in late 1952 in a building that had been built as a grocery store a decade prior. It's owner, 89-year-old Leonard "Doc" Muse, continues to operate the store today with a team of volunteers. Tuesday night, the Green Valley Pharmacy became Arlington County's first historically black commercial building to be given a local historic district designation. Development won't be prohibited around the …
hazel brown
3:44 pm on Monday, February 4, 2013
Great it is about time. I appauld Arlington County. more ›