Elivira's (Elvira's Blue Tavern)

Did you know?

• This establishment was listed twice in the 1947 Green Book under two different names: 
  • Listed as “Elivira’s---801 Fayetteville St.” under “Restaurants.”¹
  • Listed as “Blue Tavern---801 Fayetteville St.” under “Taverns.” ²
• Elvira’s Blue Tavern was located at 801 Fayetteville Street before the restaurant moved to 440 East Pettigrew Street in 1952.³

¹ Victor H. Green, The Negro Motorist Green Book: A Classified Motorist & Tourist’s Guide Covering the United States (Leonia, New Jersey: Victor H. Green & Company, 1947), p. 64.
² Victor H. Green, The Negro Motorist Green Book: A Classified Motorist & Tourist’s Guide Covering the United States (Leonia, New Jersey: Victor H. Green & Company, 1947), p. 64.
³ Hill’s 1947 Durham (Durham County, N.C.) City Directory (Richmond: Hill Directory Co., Inc., 1947), p. 150 (alphabetical listing); Hill’s 1948 Durham (Durham County, N.C.) City Directory (Richmond: Hill Directory Co., Inc., 1948), p. 169 (alphabetical listing); Hill’s 1949 Durham (Durham County, N.C.) City Directory (Richmond: Hill Directory Co., Inc., 1949), p. 158 (alphabetical listing); Hill’s 1950 Durham (Durham County, N.C.) City Directory (Richmond: Hill Directory Co., Inc., 1950), p. 140 (alphabetical listing); Hill’s 1951 Durham (Durham County, N.C.) City Directory (Richmond: Hill Directory Co., Inc., 1951), 144 (alphabetical listing); Hill’s 1952 Durham (Durham County, N.C.) City Directory (Richmond: Hill Directory Co., Inc., 1952), p. 150 (alphabetical listing).