
The History of The Country Store
Old general stores are found often in rural communities, some may still be in business while others are converted into visitor centers, new businesses, or
Old general stores are found often in rural communities, some may still be in business while others are converted into visitor centers, new businesses, or
The Middlesex County Museum & Historical Society recently conducted a virtual lecture with the Fairfield Foundation on the Urbanna archaeological dig in Urbanna, specifically at
Oakenham was built in 1837 by Thomas Waring Fauntleroy, the wealthiest person in Middlesex per the 1860 census and still stands today near the high
Some thirty years after the colonists landed at Jamestown the earliest Church of England on the Middle Peninsula, Piankatank Church, was built in the area
Hart’s Store was built by Edward Wright Hart who married Helen (Hida) Fleet in the mid to latter part of the 1800’s in Bushy (the
A one room schoolhouse built between 1870-1871, the Hart family in Wake donated a portion of their land to the community for the purpose of