First Eddie L. Stinson Store - Goldston Commercial Historic District - Goldston, NC
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N 35° 35.562 W 079° 19.726
17S E 651401 N 3940059
Number 11 on the NRHP Map
Waymark Code: WM1002R
Location: North Carolina, United States
Date Posted: 01/31/2019
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County of district: Chatham County
Location of store: Bellevue St & Colonial Ave., Goldston
Built: 1910
"11. First Eddie L. Stinson Store, c. 1910, Contributing
The First Eddie L. Stinson Store, c. 1910 is a two-story brick building with
segmentally arched windows, a flat roof sloping from front to back, and a slightly
corbelled cornice forming panels along the facade. A modern store front now replaces
the original one, which was probably defined by a wraparound shed roof porch, but the
upper facade and side elevations are intact. The original second floor interior
finish, more elaborate than most simple store buildings, is characterized by paneled
wainscoting and symmetrically molded corner blocks.
"As a point of contrast, also on the west side of the tracks at the corner of
Bellevue and Colonial Avenue, the two brick Eddie L. Stinson buildings (#10 and #11)
have segmentally arched windows and corbelled cornices typical of early twentieth
century brick commercial buildings. These stores have fine original interiors
characterized by paneled wainscoting and symmetrically molded window surrounds with
square molded corner blocks.
"As Goldston prospered in the first decade of the twentieth century, local
merchant, Eddie L. Stinson built the first brick commercial building a large two-story
brick store (#11), in 1910 facing the tracks beside Colonial Avenue. The first floor
housed his grocery store for several years and the second floor was used as a town hall
or public meeting room until the early 1930's. During the mid-twentieth century the
building's first floor was used as a hardware store and a grocery store. In the 1950's
the store was bought by A.K. Miller, who adapted it as an office and added a cement
block wing about 1960." ~ NRHP Nomination Form