The Corner Store and Office


The Corner Store and Office
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
The Corner Store and Office, June 2012
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Location	US Hwy. 21, W of jct. with Lands End Rd., Frogmore, South Carolina
Coordinates	32°23′48″N 80°34′43″W / 32.39667°N 80.57861°W / 32.39667; -80.57861Coordinates: 32°23′48″N 80°34′43″W / 32.39667°N 80.57861°W / 32.39667; -80.57861
Area	less than one acre
Built	1905 (1905)
MPS	Historic Resources of St. Helena Island c. 1740-c. 1935 MPS
NRHP Reference #	88001737^[1]
Added to NRHP	October 6, 1988

The Corner Store and Office, also known as the Frogmore Emporium, Macdonald, Wilkins, and Company Store and Mark D. Batchelder Office, is a historic general store, residence and, eventually, office building located on Saint Helena Island near Frogmore, Beaufort County, South Carolina. Primarily built as a house, it was built about 1877, and is a two-story, wood frame building with a gable roof. It features a two-story wraparound porch. The adjacent one-story house was built about 1905. The store sold provisions to the islanders, most of whom were African American, and became one of the major centers of commercial and social activity on St. Helena. The home and businesses in the building were owned by Cameron Thomas and his relatives for most of the 20th century. The family lived in the back and upstairs portion of the house, while the front included a general store and liquor store, with the small house added on used as a residence for relatives. The store also had the only gas pump on the island for many years. ^[2]^[3]

It was listed in the National Register of Historic Places in 1988.^[1]

References

1 2 National Park Service (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
↑ "The Corner Store and Office, Beaufort County (U.S. Hwy. 21, St. Helena Island)". National Register Properties in South Carolina. South Carolina Department of Archives and History. Retrieved 25 February 2014.
↑ E. Thomas Sims (February 1988). "The Corner Store and Office" (PDF). National Register of Historic Places nomination. NRHP. Retrieved 25 February 2014.

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