Hayes-Byrum Store and House
The National Park Service has not published a boundary polygon for this district; the map shows the listed properties inside it and the district's reference point.
Why it's listed
Built about 1890 at the Shopton crossroads on Steele Creek Road in rural Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, the Hayes-Byrum Store is a one-story brick building with load-bearing walls in common bond, and it is regarded as the county's oldest surviving rural commercial building. Joseph Rufus Hayes built it to serve the farming families of the Steele Creek area, and the Shopton Post Office was later housed in it. The store keeps original features including bracketed wooden shelves with pendants inside. Next to it stands a house built about 1900 in the Queen Anne style, a two-story frame dwelling with a wraparound veranda, a cutaway bay, and original Tuscan porch columns. Its parlor mantel with free-standing colonettes is the house's only classical mantel. The store and house are listed for their architecture, the store as a rare surviving country general store and the house as one of the county's few relatively intact Queen Anne examples.
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| Period of significance | ca. 1890-1900 |
|---|---|
| Styles | Queen Anne; vernacular commercial |
| Areas of significance | Architecture |
| Acreage | 1.2 |
| Boundary source | not published |
| Full listing page | Hayes-Byrum Store and House (property record) |
What listing means for this property
This is a historic district. Buildings within its boundary are either contributing (they add to the district's significance) or non-contributing. Owners of contributing income-producing buildings can claim the 20% federal rehabilitation tax credit; homeowners should look at state credits. National Register districts impose no design review by themselves; a local historic district ordinance, if one exists, does (the difference explained).
General information, not legal or tax advice. Rules change; confirm with your State Historic Preservation Office or a qualified adviser.