Rogers' Store
Rogers' Store | |
 Rogers' Store, April 2017 | |
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| Location | Jct. of VA 615 and VA 612, Carsley, near Surry, Virginia |
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| Coordinates | 37°5′44″N 77°0′15″W / 37.09556°N 77.00417°WCoordinates: 37°5′44″N 77°0′15″W / 37.09556°N 77.00417°W |
| Area | 1.3 acres (0.53 ha) |
| Built | 1827, c. 1894 |
| Architectural style | Late Victorian |
| NRHP reference No. | 02000595[1] |
| VLR No. | 090-5011 |
| Significant dates | |
| Added to NRHP | May 30, 2002 |
| Designated VLR | March 13, 2002[2] |
Rogers' Store, also known as Gwaltney's Store, is a historic general store located at Carsley near Surry, Surry County, Virginia. It was built about 1894, and is a two-story, three bay by three bay, Late Victorian frame building with a front gable roof. It features a full-width front porch supported by turned posts and a standing seam metal shed roof. Located directly behind the Rogers' Store is the Gwaltney's Store building. It was built in 1827, and is a 1 1/2-story, two room, gable front frame building. With the construction of the new store in 1894, the old store was converted to storage space. The store closed in 1952.[3]
The Rogers' Store (1827–1952) acted as an early post office, pharmacy, radio assembly and repair shop, a publishing company, lumber company, chemical company and the . Throughout its history, Gwaltney's Store and then Rogers' Store has been the town center for the people of Carsley. Rogers Store was acquired by the in 1999.[3]
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2002.[1]
References[]
- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ "Virginia Landmarks Register". Virginia Department of Historic Resources. Retrieved 5 June 2013.
- ^ a b Paige Weiss (January 2002). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Rogers' Store" (PDF). Virginia Department of Historic Resources. and Accompanying photo
- Commercial buildings on the National Register of Historic Places in Virginia
- Victorian architecture in Virginia
- Commercial buildings completed in 1894
- National Register of Historic Places in Surry County, Virginia
- Buildings and structures in Surry County, Virginia
- Tourist attractions in Surry County, Virginia
- Hampton Roads, Virginia Registered Historic Place stubs