
If you know Bellville, you know Bernie’s. It’s a genuine old-school grocery store with no pretense. Where else can you get a fishing pole with your fresh ground chuck?

If you know Bellville, you know Bernie’s. It’s a genuine old-school grocery store with no pretense. Where else can you get a fishing pole with your fresh ground chuck?


The I-House form is so named for its shape, and in the South, is commonly associated with the Plantation Plain style. This house, however, is not a Plantation Plain.


The postmaster was taking down the flag when I took this photograph.

This abandoned farmhouse and surrounding property is located near “downtown” Daisy. It is very endangered.


This eclectic cottage appears to have been smaller when built, and later expanded slightly.

Similar to commissaries, neighborhood grocery stores often “ran accounts” and allowed locals to charge items until they could pay. I’m identifying this is a store, but it could have also been a barber shop.
