Mrs. Fannie Jeffries Tourist Home

Green Book Entry/Entries
Mrs. F. Jeffries---Mill St.
Mrs. Fannie Jeffers, Mill St.
Mrs. Fannie Jeffers Tourist Home---Mill St
Green Book Category
Tourist Homes
Years Listed
1947-1957, 1959-1967
Region
Coastal Plain
County
Columbus

 

Mrs. Fannie Jeffries Tourist Home was listed in the Green Book from 1947-1957 and 1959-1967. It was listed as “Mrs. F. Jeffries—Mill St.” under “Tourist Homes” from 1947-1953, as “Mrs. Fannie Jeffers, Mill  St.” under “Tourist Homes” from 1954-1955, and as “Mrs. Fannie Jeffers Tourist Home—Mill St.” from 1956-1957 and 1959-1967.1

Mrs. Fannie Jeffries Tourist Home was located in Whiteville. Fannie Phillips Jeffries was a divorcee who began offering her home to lodgers by 1940. In the 1940 census four lodgers (a single person and a family of three) were living in her rented home on Mill Street. She was also working at a cafe, which may have been located in her home.2

By the late 1950s Jeffries had relocated to a home on Powell Street. There were no street numbers given for this street in the city directory until 1963, when Fannie Jeffries was listed at 103 Powell Street. This address does not exist today.3

Essay by Brandie K. Ragghianti, 2022

Notes

1. Victor Green, 1947 Green Book, 65; Green, 1948 Green Book, 63; Green, 1949 Green Book, 57; Green, 1950 Green Book, 63; Green, 1951 Green Book, 54; Green, 1952 Green Book, 54; Green, 1953 Green Book, 54; Victor Green, 1954 Green Book, 54; Green, 1955 Green Book, 54; Victor Green, 1956 Green Book, 46; Green, 1957 Green Book, 47; Green, 1959 Green Book, 52; Green, 1960 Green Book, 74; Green, 1961 Green Book, 72; Green, 1962 Green Book, 75; Green, 1963-1964 Green Book, 59; Green, 1966-1967 Green Book, 59. 

2. 1940 United States Federal Census, Whiteville, Columbus County, North Carolina, digital image s.v. “Fannie Jeffrier,” accessed from www.ancestry.com; Ralph Jeffries, November 6, 1929, Whiteville, Columbus County, NC, U.S. Social Security Death Index, 1935-2014, accessed from www.ancestry.com. 

3. Hill’s 1959 Whiteville City Directory, 266a-267a; Hill’s 1961 Whiteville City Directory, 20c-21c; Hill’s 1963 Whiteville City Directory, 22d. Based on modern maps, public historian Lisa Withers theorized that this site might have been located somewhere along modern-day Power Station Street or Mearse Street in Whiteville, NC. Mearse Street is a continuation of Mill Street and property located in this area would be south of Clarence Street and east of Franklin Street as noted for Powell in the city directory entries. Power Station Street connects south from Clarence St. and is approximately 1 city block east of Franklin St.

Did you know? 

  • This Green Book entry was listed three different ways between 1947-1967:
    • 1947-1953: Listed as “Mrs. F. Jeffries---Mill St.” under “Tourist Homes” in Whiteville. Listing did not include a street number.
    • 1954-1955: Listed as “Mrs. Fannie Jeffers, Mill St.” under “Tourist Homes” in Whiteville. Listing did not include a street number.
    • The Green Book stopped including category headings in 1956. 
    • 1956-1957, 1959-1967: Listed as “Mrs. Fannie Jeffers Tourist Home----Mill St” in Whiteville. Listing did not include a street number.