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Ewell Brown General Store

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commercial building built out of brick about 1890. A brick sidewalk with a herringbone pattern was built in the early 1900s. The inside is one large room with a raised office space. The store was originally a drug store and general merchandise store. Ewell Brown bought the store in 1899 and along
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According to its NRHP nomination, the store in 1892 was a drug store and general merchandise store that was operated by a Dr. E. Taylor, and Ewell Brown was an employee: a pill roller and assistant operator. The name of the store was changed when Brown purchased it in 1899 to "Ewell Brown, Lender
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with his brother, Bob, operated it was a general merchandise store. Bob took over the store in 1948 and it closed in 1953 or 1954, due to the realignment of
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National Register of Historic Places listings in Lowndes County, Georgia
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in Dry Goods, Clothing, Groceries and General Merchandise".
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Barbara Slocumb and Amy Pallante (January 15, 1997).
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U.S. National Register of Historic Places

Ewell Brown General Store is located in Georgia
Lake Park, Georgia
30°41′00″N 83°10′56″W / 30.683205°N 83.182234°W / 30.683205; -83.182234
97000099
Lake Park, Georgia
Folk Victorian
US 41
National Register of Historic Places
Georgia (U.S. state) portal
National Register of Historic Places listings in Lowndes County, Georgia


"National Register Information System"
National Register of Historic Places
National Park Service
History
"National Register of Historic Places Registration: Ewell Brown General Store / Ewell Brown General Merchandise Store"
National Park Service
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Ewell Brown General Store
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Buildings and structures in Lowndes County, Georgia
Commercial buildings on the National Register of Historic Places in Georgia (U.S. state)
History museums in Georgia (U.S. state)
General stores in the United States

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