Rogers' Store Explained

Rogers' Store
Designated Other1:Virginia Landmarks Register
Designated Other1 Date:March 13, 2002[1]
Designated Other1 Number:090-5011
Designated Other1 Num Position:bottom
Location:Jct. of VA 615 and VA 612, Carsley, near Surry, Virginia
Coordinates:37.0956°N -77.0042°W
Built:, c. 1894
Architecture:Late Victorian
Added:May 30, 2002
Refnum:02000595

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.[2]

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.[2]

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

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Virginia Landmarks Register. Virginia Department of Historic Resources. 5 June 2013.
  2. Web site: National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Rogers' Store. Paige Weiss. January 2002. Virginia Department of Historic Resources. and Accompanying photo