8 East Choccolocco Street
Gray Building
Built in 1890 by W. C. Gray & Co., the Gray Building has housed several business throughout the years. William C. Gray served as a council member in the 1880s-1910s, and then as mayor from 1903-1906.
The Gray Building sold dry goods, clothing, and shoes for over 50 years, and once housed C&H Company: a clothing store for the whole family.
Research by Hunter Chase Gentry and written by Julie Skinner Mangham, November 2023
Advertisement for W. C. Gray & Co. on East Choccolocco Street, 1920
Courtesy of The Anniston Star, 15 June 1920
Advertisement for C & H Company on East Choccolocco Street, 1956
Courtesy of The Anniston Star, 20 November 1956
Gray Building on East Choccolocco Street, ca. 1979
Courtesy of Oxford Public Library - Oxford Room Collection
Gray Building on East Choccolocco Street, ca. 1980
Courtesy of Lindblom Collection