Mast General Store
by Benanne Stiens
Title
Mast General Store
Artist
Benanne Stiens
Medium
Photograph - Fine Art Photography
Description
The Mast General Store, located in Historic Valle Crucis, is recognized by the National Register of Historic Places as one of the best remaining examples of an old country general store. It is still the center of the community housing the post office (Valle Crucis, NC 28691) and offering coffee for 5¢ on the honor system. It remains true to the old-time general store from the 19th century by offering items that its neighbors might need, as well as products of interest to travelers and other visitors. Today there are nine locations, including the Original Store and Annex, both located in Valle Crucis, North Carolina. The store sells commodities, such as old-time hearth and home goods, outdoor clothing and gear, footwear, work clothes, old-fashioned wind-up toys, regional books and music, honey, and more than 500 varieties of old-fashioned candy.
The building that would become Mast General Store was constructed in 1882 by Henry Taylor and opened in 1883. W.W. Mast purchased half interest in the store in 1897, and the store was renamed the "Taylor and Mast General Store". In 1913, Mast purchased the remaining half of Taylor's interest, and the business became known as the Mast General Store. The business stayed in the family through three generations until, in 1973, it was sold to a doctor from Atlanta and a professor from Appalachian State University. The business closed its doors in 1977. It would remain closed until John and Faye Cooper purchased and reopened it in June 1980. In 1996, Mast General Store became an employee-owned company. ~ information from Wikipedia
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November 29th, 2014
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Comments (11)
Benanne Stiens
Thank you to the person in New Castle, Pennsylvania who purchased a framed print of Mast General Store.
Jenny Revitz Soper
CONGRATULATIONS! It is my great pleasure to FEATURE your fabulous artwork on the homepage of the Artist Group No Place Like Home, 2/17/2017! You are invited to post it in the Group's Features Discussion thread for posterity or any other thread!
Mike Eingle
Beautiful winter scene and such a nice warm mood it gives me even though it's very cold. l/f
Tony Clark
Ive been looking at your artwork. This one is just amazing. I love it! Great place too!! :)