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Vines Funeral Home and Ambulance Service

  • Address: 211 B St SW
  • Travel Genus: Sight
  • Sight Category: Building

Vines Funeral Home and Ambulance Service was established in 1952 and reflects the form and function of a mid-20th-century rural African American funeral home. Undertaking was one of the few professions open to African Americans during segregation, and Black funeral directors often stood alongside doctors and lawyers at the top tier of the community's economic and social hierarchy. The business was founded by proprietor Julius Summers Vines, a decorated World War II veteran. - AsNotedIn


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Timeline

Y/M/D Person Association Description Composition Food Event
Y/M/D Person Association Description Composition Food Event
1950/11/11 Julius S Vines Proprietor Julius Vines places a $300 down payment on a lot in LaFayette, and because the GI Bill will finance a house but not a business, plans his mortuary as a residence-style structure with living quarters upstairs.
1952/04/14 United States Veterans Administration US Govenment After successfully negotiating with the Veterans' Administration, Vine's mortgage for $9,750 is executed.
1952/05/00 Mitchell Angelo Deloach Architect Construction of the Vines Funeral Home begins in the spring of 1952 and will be completed later in the year.
1953/00/00 Julius S Vines Groom LeMerle Brooks marries Julius Vines, the couple lives in the upstairs rooms of the funeral home for two years before building a separate house on an adjacent lot.

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Particulars for Vines Funeral Home and Ambulance Service:
Cultural Affiliation Black American
Sight Category Building
Area of Significance Commerce
Criteria Exemplar
Historic Use Mortuary
Owner Private



US National Registry of Historic Places Data »

Accurate at time of registration: 15th October 2008

PLACE DETAILS
Registry Name: Vines Funeral Home and Ambulance Service
Registry Address: 211 B St. SW.
Registry Number: 08000434
Resource Type: Building
Owner: Private
Architect: Deloach, Mitchell Angelo
Architectural Style: No style listed
Contributing Buildings: 2
Non-Contributing Buildings: 1
Other Certification: Date received-pending nomination
Certification: Listed in the National Register
CULTURAL DETAILS
Level of Significance: Local
Area of Significance: Commerce, Black
Applicable Criteria: Event
Significant Year: 1952
Historic Function: Funerary
Historic Sub-Function: Mortuary
Current Function: Funerary
Current Sub-Function: Mortuary

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