Store

Talullas

456 W. Franklin St.

Built in 1947, its first occupant was West Franklin Street Grocery. At the time, its address was #432. Circa 1960, it became a [segregated] billiards room called the Sports Center. In 1969-70, it became the Record and Tape Center, selling records, tapes, and etc. In 1973-74 it became Harmony Natural Foods Store (after being "firebombed" by local...

Manring 8.27.2026

MANRING GROCERY STORE

Built circa 1952, this store served the local community. W. F. and Zora E. Manring purchased the property in January 1959 from A. H. Maness. Prior to Maness' ownership of the property, Ameos and Martha Alston owned it, having purchased it in April 1952. The two wings were added to the center section after 1955, and a mostly wooden addition was...

Little River General Store

Built sometime between 1900 and 1920. View north west (photo by S. Rankin, 05.30.2024) View south west (photo by S. Rankin, 05.30.2024) View west (photo by S. Rankin, 05.30.2024)

Jordan Brothers Building

Dr. Archibald C. Jordan and his brother, Thomas M. Jordan, operated this business (listed as "T. M. Jordan & Co." in 1896) beginning circa 1875 (according to a newspaper article, the business moved to a new space in 1896 -- it might be this building). According to a NRHP report, this "store/pharmacy enabled community members and [ Caldwell Academy]...

134 E. Franklin St. / Tar Heel Theatre

Local businessman and owner of Strowd Motor Company Bruce Strowd and Chapel Hill Mayor William S. Robeson decided to open a new movie theater, to compete with the nearby Pickwick Theatre. The property was purchased in October 1915 and by December construction was begun on the building, which was also to include a new auto station and repair...

55 Dogwood Acres Dr. / Mellott's Store / Mellott's Self-Service Grocery

"Dogwood Acres" was subdivided in 1949, as a development for people to have custom homes built on purchased lots. Mellott's Store was built on lot 55 of the subdivision sometime between 1951 and 1959. According to a 1951 article in the Chapel Hill Weekly, "Lot 55 is being reserved for a service [station] and shopping center to be built for the...

Carr Store / Carr's Store / Compton's Store

Not sure of the dates for this (these?) structure(s) yet; if I had to make a guess I'd say the store started in the 1920s. The main section may have originally been a dwelling, and appears to date to the 1880 to 1910 period. One of the smaller attached structures (on the west side) may have been the Carr Post Office, which operated from 1894 to...

Crabtree Store No. 2 / Crabtree's Store

Crabtree Store No. 2 (where is/was No. 1? It might have been this place) was built circa 1931. View north east, 1965 View east, 2024 (via Google Streetview)

601 W. Franklin St. / The Standard Theater

The former Standard Theater (background, left side), April 1941 (screen shot from H. Lee Waters movie) The Standard Theater opened July 4, 1924, and was originally owned by local African American entrepreneur Durwood O'Kelly; other business partners were Charles Brooks (the builder/contractor of the building), and Jesse Kirkland (the brick mason...

The Scuttlebutt

The Scuttlebutt building was built as a canteen for U.S. Navy cadets on campus while attending pre-flight school during World War II. It was given to UNC in 1945, and was later operated by Student Stores. By the early 1970s the manager said the building was "about to fall down" and the University considered demolishing it as it would cost too much...