Hires General Store, U.S. Highway 341 at Carter Avenue, Odum, Wayne County, GA. Surveyed as HABS GA-2272, with a 463-word written history.
“The Hires General Store is historically significant as a c. commercial brick structure located within the town of Odum.”
Written record, HABS GA-2272 survey. Machine-read text.
Surveyed by the federal HABS program as HABS GA-2272 · the record runs 463 words · one of 12 surveyed structures published for this county.
Source document Quoted word for word from HABS GA-2272. Not written, edited or summarised by this site.
The Hires General Store is historically significant as a c. commercial brick structure located within the town of Odum. It contributes to an unders:anding of the commercial development of this early twentieth century railroad town. Description: This two brick store measures 28 feet wide by 90 feet deep. It displays a double modern door with transom light flanked by two 3 over 1 windows. In permastone was affixed to the front facade of the first story and a metal canopy was added. The northern (side) elevation displays four small segmental arch windows with metal bars along the first story and six segmental arch windows with 2 over 2 panes along the second story.
The interior of the first floor exhibits one 0pen main room with a tongue and groove ceili~g, wood plank walls, and linoleum flooring. Two smaller rooms are located in the rear. The interior of the second floor exhibits one open room a tongue and groove ceiling, walls covered in tongue and groove and plaster, and wood plank floors. History: The Hires General Store was opened c. by Hires, the current owner's, Eugene H. Hires, father. The building was constructed c. The Hires operated the store until when the business closed. Leonard Carter reportedly constructed the building.
Source document Quoted word for word from HABS GA-2272. Not written, edited or summarised by this site.
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| Odum, Georgia | The place record: every map, photograph and survey of this town. |
| Wayne County, Georgia | 59 topographic sheets across the county. |
| Library of Congress record | The original filed report as the survey filed it. |
The federal surveyors worked through Odum building by building. These are the other structures they measured and filed a report on, longest report first.
| Sheet | Structure | Survey | Report |
|---|---|---|---|
| Town of Odum | HABS GA-2267 | 1,377 words | |
| Poppell's Hardware | HABS GA-2271 | 529 words | |
| Odum Banking Building | HABS GA-2274 | 493 words | |
| Walker's Service Station | HABS GA-2269 | 447 words | |
| Ahl-Dean-Hires Building | HABS GA-2275 | 440 words | |
| Tyre House | HABS GA-2280 | 421 words | |
| Kicklighter-Daniel-Morris Building | HABS GA-2270 | 406 words | |
| Withrow House | HABS GA-2281 | 397 words | |
| Aspinwall Building | HABS GA-2289 | 394 words | |
| Aspinwall-Perkins-Hires Building | HABS GA-2273 | 363 words | |
| Peggy's Beauty Shop | HABS GA-2268 | 359 words |
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