Rogers Store 15 (Old Gulf Gas Pump 2)
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In 1827 Samuel Smith acquired land from the Carsley family and erected a store at this crossroads location. In 1855 Mr. Gwaltney bought the property from the estate of Samuel Smith and operated the store until 1878. J.W. (Watt) Rogers who ran the store for about 16 years before buying the property in 1894 and building what became Rogers’ Store. What was known as Gwaltney’s store was turned into a storage space. The store closed in 1952 and the property was later converted into a local museum. The Surry Historical Society acquired the property in 1999. Rogers’ Store was added to the National Register of Historic Places May 30, 2002 with ID number 02000595. The store is in rural Surry County, Virginia. The nomination form is included in the sources listed below.
During the many years of operation, it was “an early post office, a pharmacy, a radio assembly and repair shop, a publishing company, a lumber company, a chemical company and the Surry-Sussex Telephone Company.” en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rogers%27_Store] It also served as a saw mill.
Gwaltney’s Store is located behind the 1894 building. The 2-story building had 2 rooms and was built of mill-sawn lumber. It has a front gable with metal roof.
The 2-story Rogers· Store has a front gable facade with returns and a metal roof. It also has a full-length front porch with a metal shed roof and four slender turned posts typical of the Queen Anne style. Both stories were used for retail sales; apparently the shelving inside still exists.
Sources
www.dhr.virginia.gov/historic-registers/090-5011/
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rogers%27_Store
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Rogers Store 15 (Old Gulf Gas Pump 2)
[A set of 15 photos] This is a creative commons image, which you may freely use by linking to this page. Please respect the photographer and his work.
In 1827 Samuel Smith acquired land from the Carsley family and erected a store at this crossroads location. In 1855 Mr. Gwaltney bought the property from the estate of Samuel Smith and operated the store until 1878. J.W. (Watt) Rogers who ran the store for about 16 years before buying the property in 1894 and building what became Rogers’ Store. What was known as Gwaltney’s store was turned into a storage space. The store closed in 1952 and the property was later converted into a local museum. The Surry Historical Society acquired the property in 1999. Rogers’ Store was added to the National Register of Historic Places May 30, 2002 with ID number 02000595. The store is in rural Surry County, Virginia. The nomination form is included in the sources listed below.
During the many years of operation, it was “an early post office, a pharmacy, a radio assembly and repair shop, a publishing company, a lumber company, a chemical company and the Surry-Sussex Telephone Company.” en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rogers%27_Store] It also served as a saw mill.
Gwaltney’s Store is located behind the 1894 building. The 2-story building had 2 rooms and was built of mill-sawn lumber. It has a front gable with metal roof.
The 2-story Rogers· Store has a front gable facade with returns and a metal roof. It also has a full-length front porch with a metal shed roof and four slender turned posts typical of the Queen Anne style. Both stories were used for retail sales; apparently the shelving inside still exists.
Sources
www.dhr.virginia.gov/historic-registers/090-5011/
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rogers%27_Store
www.dhr.virginia.gov/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/090-5011_...
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License