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Pope general store
Believed to have been built in 1909 the Pope general Store Served the small town of Pope. The town never amassed to much and in 1968 the store was forced to close. The White Family who had operated the store since the 50s kept it open as a post office until 1975 when they had to close that too, The building would then only serve as a house for the White’s. Local folklore suggests that a Myrtle White (owner since the 50s) took his own life in the back of the store in 1989. The building would be bought and sold over and over again and no one would live in it for more than a few years at best before selling it to someone else. I talked to a man that used to live a mile and a half from the store, when he told me that I was able to guess the exact house he lived in (now abandoned) the man now lives a few miles south of the old townsite and is quite the believer of this building being haunted. Usually I am relaxed when taking pictures of abandoned buildings at night but my paranoia was peaked this night after learning this story.
Pope general store
Believed to have been built in 1909 the Pope general Store Served the small town of Pope. The town never amassed to much and in 1968 the store was forced to close. The White Family who had operated the store since the 50s kept it open as a post office until 1975 when they had to close that too, The building would then only serve as a house for the White’s. Local folklore suggests that a Myrtle White (owner since the 50s) took his own life in the back of the store in 1989. The building would be bought and sold over and over again and no one would live in it for more than a few years at best before selling it to someone else. I talked to a man that used to live a mile and a half from the store, when he told me that I was able to guess the exact house he lived in (now abandoned) the man now lives a few miles south of the old townsite and is quite the believer of this building being haunted. Usually I am relaxed when taking pictures of abandoned buildings at night but my paranoia was peaked this night after learning this story.