{"nrhp_refnum":"05001593","name":"Butner-Mctyre General Store","other_names":["House Family Blacksmith Shop","Country Store of Seven Springs"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"4455 Marietta St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Powder Springs","county":"Cobb County","state":"GA","lat":33.85893537000004,"lon":-84.68441975899998,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2006-02-01","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture","Commerce"],"significance_levels":["state"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A one-story wood-frame general store at 4455 Marietta Street in downtown Powder Springs, Cobb County, Georgia. The oldest rear section dates to about 1879, and the main store was built between 1881 and 1883.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the store is a rare, intact late 19th-century wood-framed general store, in a state where most surviving general stores (87%) are masonry. It is significant in architecture for its intact storefront and interior, and in commerce for operating continuously as a general store through 1955. It is also the oldest extant general store building in Powder Springs.","narrative":"This one-story wood-frame general store sits at the corner of Marietta and Broad streets in downtown Powder Springs, Cobb County. It was built in three parts: a rear section from about 1879 that once housed a livery, blacksmith shop and cotton warehouse; a main store dating to 1881-1883; and a connecting breezeway later enclosed. The street front keeps its false-front parapet, recessed entrance, plate-glass display windows, transoms and wooden bulkheads, while the interior retains flush-board walls and ceiling, pine floors and a historic office. The Butner family ran the store until 1935, and the McTyre family operated it until 1968. It was listed because wood general stores are rare in Georgia, where most surviving examples are masonry, and because this one remains intact in the metro Atlanta suburbs. Its period of significance runs from about 1879 to 1955. It now operates as an antiques and gift shop.","period_of_significance":"c.1879-1955","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"OTHER: vernacular wood store","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"Currently operates as the Country Store of Seven Springs, an antiques and gift shop.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:55:43.459627-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_GA/05001593.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/05001593/1513d1ce3a-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/05001593/1513d1ce3a-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"RudyTravis","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:View_from_Marietta_Street.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">RudyTravis</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 3.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:View_from_Marietta_Street.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/93207561","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q134289037"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/georgia/cobb-county/butner-mctyre-general-store-05001593/"}