{"nrhp_refnum":"06000788","name":"Davis-Adcock Store","other_names":["W.W. Davis Store","John C. Adcock Store"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"2013 Piney Grove-Wilbon Rd., E side of Piney Grove-Wilbon Rd., 0.2 mi. N of jct. of Wilbon Rd.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Wilbon","county":"Wake County","state":"NC","lat":35.60327427500005,"lon":-78.83891891299999,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2006-09-06","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture","Commerce","Politics/Government"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A one-story frame country store in the rural community of Wilbon, Wake County, North Carolina, built in 1906 by William W. Davis. It is a gable-front building with a stepped-parapet false front and a metal roof, sited beside the former Durham and Southern Railroad line.","why_significant":"The store was the principal commercial establishment for the Wilbon community for more than half a century and housed its post office from 1906 to 1925. The nomination also argues it is a well-preserved, distinctive example of the rural country stores common in eastern North Carolina in the early twentieth century, with its false front, double-leaf doors, display windows and original interior fittings.","narrative":"Built in 1906 in Wilbon, a rural community southwest of Raleigh, this one-story frame store was erected by William W. Davis on land bought from the Cape Fear and Northern Railway. Its gable front rises into a stepped parapet false front, and a metal-clad porch shelters central double doors flanked by large twenty-pane windows. Inside, the original pine boards, counter, merchandise shelves and a central pot-bellied stove survive. The store was the main commercial business in Wilbon for over fifty years, stocking general goods and extending credit to customers who paid at harvest time. Its post office operated from 1906 until 1925, making it a meeting point for local residents. It is also regarded as a well-preserved example of the rural stores that spread across eastern North Carolina in the early twentieth century.","period_of_significance":"1906-1956","architect_builder":"William W. Davis (builder)","architectural_style":"Other: Parapet front store","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"The store closed in 1967, the building remains in the Adcock family and is currently used as storage space.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-haiku-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.1-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 17:11:41.273735-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/7/7186/47718607/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_NC/06000788.pdf"},"photo":null,"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/47718607","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Davis%E2%80%93Adcock_Store","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5241811"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/north-carolina/wake-county/davis-adcock-store-06000788/"}