Cana Store and Post Office
Cana Store and Post Office is a historic general store and post office building located near Mocksville, Davie County, North Carolina. It was built about 1875, and is a two-story, three-bay, frame building with a gable roof. The front facade features a broad hip-roofed frame canopy added in the 1930s that serves as a porte-cochere. Also on the property is a contributing one-story woodshed built in the 1930s. The building housed a post office until 1954 and a general store until 1965.[2]
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| Location | NC 1411, 0.2 mi. N of NC 1406, near Mocksville, North Carolina |
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| Coordinates | 35°58′24″N 80°34′38″W |
| Area | less than one acre |
| Built | c. 1875, 1930s |
| Built by | Cain, James Harrison |
| NRHP reference No. | 01001073[1] |
| Added to NRHP | October 5, 2001 |
It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2001.[1]
References
- "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- Carolyn Rich Hines and Nancy Pulliam Sullivan (February 2001). "Cana Store and Post Office" (pdf). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office. Retrieved 2014-10-01.
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