This little building is definitely a barn today, but the screen door on the front indicates it may indeed have once been a country store. The signs identify it as Blocker’s Grocery. I’m not sure it was originally located in this spot, but it’s a great preservation of a bygone era, either way. I miss those old Sunbeam bread signs.
Love this composition with the old oak framing the store. This place is obviously cherished for its historical associations as a general store at one time. Sunbeam and Colonial bread signs were ubiquitous, Colonial in the South and Sunbeam nationwide from the 1930s-60s. And, of course, each loaf was fortified with vitamins and minerals, so both brands were “good for you.” Haha. So emblematic of the times. I don’t think either brand produced a 100 percent whole wheat option. Not that I recall. That would be Pepperidge Farm, even way back then, if memory serves me.
Brian I’ll bet you remember the “Colonial is good bread” message stenciled on the screen doors of country stores and the wad of cotton soaked in lamp oil pinned to the screen to keep away the flies!