St. Albans General Store

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St. Albans General Store
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Location3516 St. Albans Rd., St. Albans, Missouri
Coordinates 38°34′48″N90°46′19″W / 38.58000°N 90.77194°W / 38.58000; -90.77194 Coordinates: 38°34′48″N90°46′19″W / 38.58000°N 90.77194°W / 38.58000; -90.77194
Arealess than one acre
Built1892 (1892)
NRHP reference No. 03000204 [1]
Added to NRHPApril 11, 2003

St. Albans General Store, also known as Head's Store, is a historic commercial building located at St. Albans, Franklin County, Missouri. It was built in 1892, and is a two-story frame building with a large one-story ell. It features a one-story, wrap-around porch. The main block has a steeply-pitched truncated hip roof. Also on the property is a contributing blacksmith shop constructed in the 1920s. It is a significant example of a rural general store and residence. [2] :5,12

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2003. [1]


Origins

The store was built by a group of 10 area residents. Each resident contributed 60 dollars to finance the store. The details of the agreement were documented in the "Day Book of the St. Albans Store Building" which was kept by Charles Becker, the first director and treasurer for the store company [1] :14

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References

  1. 1 2 3 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. Debble Sheals (December 2002). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: St. Albans General Store" (PDF). Missouri Department of Natural Resources. Retrieved 2016-12-01. (includes 14 photographs from 2002)