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Before the giant boxes of today were retailers located in the neighborhood, or maybe downtown. Some have been preserved, others used for other purposes. Here are the ones we've been able to identify for you. If you know of others, please e-mail us. Others can be found in various building collections or restored or preserved towns or villages.

Store Arkansas - Connecticut

Store Pages: AR-CT, FL-ID, IL-MN, NC-RI, SC-WY

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Arkansas
Osceola
Mississippi County Historical Center
209 West Hale Avenue
PO Box 483
Osceola AR 72370
Phone 870 563-6161
Alt Phone 870 563-2281
Web Site
Description building once held a dry goods store
Type of Resource Museum
Primary Focus Local History
Building Type Store
Era 1904

Eudora
Henry and Rubye Connerly Museum
1453 Duncan Street
Eudora AR 71640
Phone 501 355-4633
Web Site
Description Grocery and Feed Store as it was in the past -- by appointment only
Type of Resource Museum
Building Type Retail

Beyond the Newsstand

Amador City

Amador Whitney Museum

14170 State Highway 49

PO Box 181

Amador City CA 95601

Phone 209 267-0928

Alt Phone 309 267-9310

Web Site http://www.amadornet.net/directory/travelers/museums/whitney.html

Alt Web http://www.amadorcountychamber.com/OnlineVisitorsGuide/Museums.htm

Description brick building with several uses, mostly as a store

Type of Resource Museum

Primary Focus Local History

Building Type Store

Era 1860

New or Updated: 11/7/2006

Downieville

Downieville Museum

330 Main Street

PO Box 484

Downieville CA 95936

Phone 530 289-3423

Web Site *****

Alt Web http://www.sierracounty.org/pages/county/county.html

Description local memorabilia with focus on Gold Rush era

Type of Resource Museum

Primary Focus Local History

Building Type Store

Field of Study/Science Facility Gold Rush

Era 1862

New or Updated: 9/8/2004

California
Fiddletown
Chew Kee Store Museum
Address *****
Fiddletown CA
Phone
Web Site http://kennedy.amadornet.net/travelers/museums/chewkeestore.html
Description in rammed-earth building
Type of Resource Historic Place
Primary Focus Local History
Building Type Store
Industry Profession Retailing
Era 1850

Point Richmond
Point Richmond Historical Society
139 1/2 Washington Avenue
Point Richmond CA 94801
Phone 510 235-1336
Web Site http://www.pointrichmondhistory.org/
Description small museum serves mostly as an information center
Type of Resource Museum
Primary Focus Local History
Building Type Store
Era 1903

California
Sutter Creek
Monteverde General Store Museum
Address *****
Sutter Creek CA
Phone
Web Site www.amadornet.net/travelers/museums/monteverde.html
Description turn of the century grocery & general store
Type of Resource Museum
Primary Focus Local History
Building Type Store
Industry Profession Retailing
Era 1898

Woodside
Woodside Store
471 Rings Mountain Road
Woodside CA 94062
Phone 650 851-7615
Web Site www.sanmateocountyhistory.com/home.html
Alt Web www.eparks.net/Parks/Woodside/
Description During lumbering days, restored wooden structure was general store, post office & dental office
Type of Resource House Museum
Building Type Store
Era 1854
Owner/Operator: San Mateo Country Historical Society

Connecticut
Lebanon
Gov Trumbull War Office
149 West Town Street
Lebanon CT 06249
Phone 860 873-3399
Web Site http://www.ctssar.org/sites/lebanon_war_office.htm
Description store converted to war center during Revolution, many of the most noted military leaders of the war met here
Type of Resource Historic Place
Primary Focus Building
Building Type Store

Last Update: 03/03/2010

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