Morrisville Town Center Plan - 2007

Appendix 2

5. Charlie Maynard’s Store

In addition to the rail, Morrisville relied on traffic on the roads that passed through town for economic support. As automobiles became more prevalent, roads became more important and the townspeople shifted their built environment to accommodate this new mode of transportation. In 1924, the road through town was paved and became Highway 10. Shops, gas stations, and restaurants sprang up along the route to serve the new mass of folks traveling between Raleigh and the boomtown of Durham. This box-and-canopy store has a high false-front with weatherboard siding; it was building before 1920 by Charlie F. Maynard after purchasing property from the Page Family. Its earliest use was as a drug store and post office. In the 1930’s, William Jones operated a grocery store here.

Photo by Ernest Dollar

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January 2007