Stabler-Leadbeater Apothecary Shop National Historic Landmark Nomination
Causey ED, Stapp CN, Bulova GM. 2021. Stabler-Leadbeater Apothecary Shop National Historic Landmark Nomination. National Historic Landmark Nominations. 100006254_NHL. National Park Service. Washington, DC
This document is the National Historic Landmark nomination for the Stabler-Leadbeater Apothecary Shop in the City of Alexandria, Virginia. The NHL nomination for the Stabler-Leadbeater Apothecary Shops documents its national significance under NHL Criterion 1 for its exceptional ability to illustrate broad national patterns in the history of pharmacy in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, particularly the evolution of drug stores and the changing role of pharmacists. In operation for more than a century, the Stabler-Leadbeater business encompassed a retail pharmacy, wholesale drug sales, and the production of proprietary medicines. The history of the business and its buildings illustrates how drug stores and pharmacists were affected by broad trends in the history of pharmacy, including professionalization, state licensing regulations, the rise of patent medicines, the development of industrial drug research and manufacturing, and early federal drug laws. The period of national significance is 1805-1933.
- Type
- Published Report
- Authors
- Causey, Evelyn; Stapp, Callie; Bulova, Gretchen
- Date of Issue
- 2021-01-13
- Publisher
- National Park Service
- Keywords
- Alexandria, commerce, drug stores, health, medicine, National Historic Landmark, pharmacists, pharmacy, Virginia