Monticello Store and Post Office

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Monticello Store and Post Office

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Monticello Store and Post Office, July 2012
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Location Off SC 215, Monticello, South Carolina
Coordinates 34°21′11″N81°17′58″W / 34.35306°N 81.29944°W / 34.35306; -81.29944 Coordinates: 34°21′11″N81°17′58″W / 34.35306°N 81.29944°W / 34.35306; -81.29944
Area 0.8 acres (0.32 ha)
Built c. 1820 (1820)
MPS Fairfield County MRA
NRHP reference # 84000584 [1]
Added to NRHP December 6, 1984

Monticello Store and Post Office is a historic general store and post office located at Monticello, Fairfield County, South Carolina, United States. It may have been built as early as 1820, and is a one-story, frame, weatherboarded, T-shaped building. The front façade features an undercut gallery with a pedimented gable supported by octagonal wooden columns. The building was used as a store and post office after the American Civil War until the mid-1960s. [2] [3]

General store rural or small town store

A general merchant store is a rural or small town store that carries a general line of merchandise. It carries a broad selection of merchandise, sometimes in a small space, where people from the town and surrounding rural areas come to purchase all their general goods. The store carries routine stock and obtains special orders from warehouses. It differs from a convenience store or corner shop in that it will be the main shop for the community rather than a convenient supplement.

A post office is a public department that provides a customer service to the public and handles their mail needs. Post offices offer mail-related services such as acceptance of letters and parcels; provision of post office boxes; and sale of postage stamps, packaging, and stationery. In addition, many post offices offer additional services: providing and accepting government forms, processing government services and fees, and banking services. The chief administrator of a post office is called a postmaster.

Monticello, South Carolina Unincorporated community in South Carolina, United States

Monticello, South Carolina is an unincorporated community in Fairfield County, South Carolina.

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1984. [1]

National Register of Historic Places federal list of historic sites in the United States

The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the United States federal government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures, and objects deemed worthy of preservation for their historical significance. A property listed in the National Register, or located within a National Register Historic District, may qualify for tax incentives derived from the total value of expenses incurred preserving the property.

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References

  1. 1 2 National Park Service (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service.
  2. unknown (n.d.). "Monticello Store and Post Office" (pdf). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. Retrieved 5 July 2012.
  3. "Monticello Store and Post Office, Fairfield County (S.C. Hwy. 215, Monticello)". National Register Properties in South Carolina. South Carolina Department of Archives and History. Retrieved 5 July 2012.