{"nrhp_refnum":"85001411","name":"Carter, A. P., Store","other_names":["Carter Family Memorial Museum"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"Rt. 614","address_restricted":false,"city":"Maces Spring","county":"Scott County","state":"VA","lat":36.66826895300005,"lon":-82.41304629499996,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1985-06-14","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture","Performing Arts"],"significance_levels":["state"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A one-story frame country store built in 1945 near Maces Spring, Scott County, Virginia, at the foot of Clinch Mountain, now used as the Carter Family Memorial Museum.","why_significant":"It is significant mainly for its association with the Carter family and A. P. Carter's later career, and secondarily as one of the least-altered examples of a common vernacular commercial form in rural Southwest Virginia. Although less than fifty years old, it was judged exceptionally significant because A. P. Carter built it, the community feels a strong attachment to it, and its music programs and museum have continued the Carter family's legacy.","narrative":"Built in 1945 at the foot of Clinch Mountain near Maces Spring, this one-story frame store measures about 38 by 30 feet and has a rear shed addition. Two steeply pitched cross gables intersect the central gable roof, a form seen in several stores around Hiltons. A. P. Carter and his son Joe, both carpenters, built it with son-in-law Milan Millard, soon after the original Carter Family disbanded in 1943. Carter kept the store until his death in 1960, leaving it to his daughter Janette, and he continued collecting, composing and recording traditional music during those years. The building was later used for Saturday night old-time music shows, then became a museum of Carter family memorabilia. Interior fixtures such as the wooden counter remain. Though under fifty years old when listed, it was considered exceptionally significant for its link to A. P. Carter's later career and its role in preserving the family's musical legacy, and as a little-altered vernacular commercial building.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":"A. P. & Joe Carter, & Milan Millard","architectural_style":"Vernacular Commercial","criteria":["B"],"status_note":"Condition listed as good and altered; in use as the Carter Family Memorial Museum.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:52:00.913677-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/44/6789/41678944/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_VA/85001411.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/85001411/857bcc20ed-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/85001411/857bcc20ed-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY 2.0","author":"Southern Foodways Alliance","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:AP_Carter_Grocery-now_museum_1_copy_(3305559504).jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Southern Foodways Alliance</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY 2.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:AP_Carter_Grocery-now_museum_1_copy_(3305559504).jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/41678944","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A._P._Carter_Store","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q15177522"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/virginia/scott-county/carter-a-p-store-85001411/"}