Mike James and Exploris students at Person Street PharmacyPerson Street Pharmacy, a compounding pharmacy was founded in 1910 in Raleigh and is located at 702 North Person Street between Historic Oakwood and Historic Mordecai. Mike James, who has owned Person Street since 1976, was interviewed by four students at Exploris Middle School in 2012 as part of The Oakwood Project.  To hear this and other interviews of long-time residents of Historic Oakwood, visit: www.oakwoodproject.org .

Below is an excerpt from his interview.

“A gentleman by the name of John Treadmill had owned this pharmacy and he had owned it since 1943. He and I started talking and I bought the pharmacy in 1976. This pharmacy looks like it did when I bought it. We don’t change things because of the comfort. For example, that soda fountain is now the only soda fountain in Raleigh.”

“There used to be a show called ‘Everybody knows your name.’ And that’s how it is here. We have three generations, sometimes four generations of patients. There’s something going on here all the time, people coming and going. No, I’m not going to retire.”

Shop Local Raleigh also interviewed owner Mike James - watch video here.

Another video where Mike talks about how his neighborhood pharmacy has served generation after generation of customers. Watch video here.