Tag Archives: Yanceyville NC
Small Storefronts in Yanceyville North Carolina
Top: Small storefront with one advertising window, boarded up, on Main Street. The building adjoins the back of Watlington’s Store. A sign pleads, “Please! Do not block drive.” Bottom: Cinderblock, aluminim siding and wood storefront on Church Street in … Continue reading
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Shade in Yanceyville North Carolina
Top: View under one-story metal carport, looking toward now empty building that housed an automotive dealership / mechanic shop. Though I am not sure, the metal structure providing shade, from similar structures I have seen nearby in … Continue reading
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Watlington’s Store in Yanceyville North Carolina
Top: View of Watlington’s Store viewed from the grassy Court Square in Yanceyville. Middle: Close-up of Watlington’s Store, showing details of a 1970′s remodel of the first floor, using blue-green Formica panels, frosted aluminum strips and frosted … Continue reading
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Phillips 66 and U.S. Route 158 in Yanceyville North Carolina
Top: Phillips 66 sign on Main Street, close to its intersection with U.S. Route 158. The sign is very old, as evidenced by its heft. Most signs of even the 1950′s and 1960′s were porcelain or painted metal of … Continue reading
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Pig Cookers and Storage in Yanceyville North Carolina
Top: Cinder block storage building attached to the back of the old Caswell Theater building on Main Street. Access to the storage building is down a grassy alleyway between the theater building and the building housing the N.C. … Continue reading
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Little Car Wash in Yanceyville North Carolina
Top: Sign advertising the site as that of “Little Car Wash.” Though faded, the sign begins with “25 cents.” I enjoy the open ended question this sign does not answer. Is this the “Little” Car Wash? Proudly owned by a … Continue reading
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1840′s Brick Homes and Agronomy in Yanceyville North Carolina
Top: The Nathaniel Roan House in Yanceyville NC. The right side of the house, the taller roof line, was built for Dr. Roan (Yanceyville’s physician at the time) in the brick Greek Revival Style in 1838. … Continue reading
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Fog, Cantaloupes, and Dongola in Yanceyville North Carolina
Top: An old service station at a traffic intersection that features one of only two traffic lights in the entire county. No longer offering service, the site is now a weekend flea market. Many items have been … Continue reading
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