Martin's Grocery Store - Glen Rose, TX
N 32° 14.098 W 097° 45.312
14S E 617281 N 3567160
A sign placed by the Somervell County Historical Commission and the Glen Rose-Somervell County Chamber of Commerce notes this as the location of Martin's Grocery store, providing some history about service that is about lost to us now.
Waymark Code: WM12FP8
Location: Texas, United States
Date Posted: 05/17/2020
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The sign reads:
Martin's Grocery Store
For nearly 50 years (1924-1973) the Ed Martin family operated a grocery store in Glen Rose, most of that time in this building.
Ed's business philosophy was to give service to the customer. And that they did. Staying open late on Saturday nights for the farmers who came into town once a week. Extending credit to nearly anyone who was running low on cash. Delivering groceries to your door and sometimes putting things away in a refrigerator. Taking orders by phone. Housing a walk-in freezer where locals could store their garden produce. Trading farm produce for groceries and stock feed. Besides that, the Martin family always lent a helping hand to those in need.
Martin's was a one-stop shopping store: Full line of groceries, meat market with cuts made to order, nails, nuts and bolts, saws, paint, chicken and stock feed, garden tools. A familiar sight was boxes of vegetables sitting on the sidewalk next to the building, advertising their specials of the week.
Prior to Martin's Store, White House Cafe operated here.
[Somervell County Historical Commission; Glen Rose-Somervell County Chamber of Commerce]