Rogers' Store

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Rogers' Store
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LocationJct. of VA 615 and VA 612, Carsley, near Surry, Virginia
Coordinates 37°5′44″N77°0′15″W / 37.09556°N 77.00417°W / 37.09556; -77.00417 Coordinates: 37°5′44″N77°0′15″W / 37.09556°N 77.00417°W / 37.09556; -77.00417
Area1.3 acres (0.53 ha)
Built1827 (1827), c. 1894
Architectural styleLate Victorian
NRHP reference No. 02000595 [1]
VLR No.090-5011
Significant dates
Added to NRHPMay 30, 2002
Designated VLRMarch 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 Surry-Sussex Telephone Company. 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 Surry Historical Society in 1999. [3]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2002. [1]

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  2. "Virginia Landmarks Register". Virginia Department of Historic Resources. Retrieved 5 June 2013.
  3. 1 2 Paige Weiss (January 2002). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Rogers' Store" (PDF). Virginia Department of Historic Resources. and Accompanying photo