Right the Record: Skinny Love’s Barber Shop

Right the Record People

• Henry Clay Lewis, Jr.
• The Paynes of Piedmont Street
• Mollie Coleman Beck
• Benjamin Thomas Pitts
• Andrew Earl Taylor
• Annie Laura Payne Lovell
• Henry Gordon “Ace” Payne
• Mortimer Mercer Marshall, Sr.
• Reverend Willis Jackson Madden
• Charles Edward “Skinny” Love
• The Lightfoot Family
• John Alfred Holmes, Sr.
• Gerard Alexander Jennings
• John Preston “Pete” Hill
• Ruby May Harrison Beck
• Dr. Elijah Barber, Jr.

Right the Record Places

• Culpeper Education
• Pitts Theatre – Pitts Movie Theatre
• Skinny Love’s Barber Shop
• Marshall Funeral Service
• Macoy Building
• Lightfoot Building
• The Holmes-Taylor Building
• Jennings Lunch & Pool Room
• Barber Medical Office

Program Information

• Program Information

Location: 236 East Davis Street, Culpeper, VA

Charles Edward “Skinny” opened his barber shop establishment in the 1920’s on the ground level of 236 East Davis Street and remained in the same location until his death in 1958. Barber shops in Culpeper closed half a day on Wednesdays each week during this era.

• Per Culpeper county 2021 tax assessor records, the building was built in 1890 and the property contains 0.01 acres.
• Skinny Love’s Barber Shop establishment was in the two-story building on the ground level until his death.
• The current owner is Miranda Ventures, LLC. La Bee da Loca, a local small business, operates in this space on both the ground and upper levels.