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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsAfter 224 Years in Business America's Oldest Store Is Saying Goodbye
http://www.businessinsider.com/after-224-years-in-business-americas-oldest-store-is-saying-goodbye-2012-7LITTLE COMPTON, R.I. (AP) Gray's Store in Adamsville village brought in customers for years with its old-fashioned marble soda fountain, cigar and tobacco cases, and Rhode Island johnny cakes.
The 224-year-old business may be the oldest operating general store in America, although others have staked similar claims. The Rhode Island store near the Massachusetts line opened in 1788. Now owners say this year is its last.
Gray's is set to close Sunday afternoon.
Owner Jonah Waite inherited the shop after his father died of cancer last month. He said Saturday it was a hard decision to close the store and leave behind all the history, but the shop's finances aren't sustainable and a supermarket down the street has siphoned away business.
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After 224 Years in Business America's Oldest Store Is Saying Goodbye (Original Post)
xchrom
Jul 2012
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ananda
(28,876 posts)1. Somebody save it!
It's so quaint and unique.
rug
(82,333 posts)2. That's the same age as the Constitution.
I hope we don't have a Dorian Gray thing going on here.
valerief
(53,235 posts)3. Did Bain come to its rescue, which precipitated its demise? nt
monmouth
(21,078 posts)4. How I used to love old stores like that, when you entered you were engulfed with the most
wonderful smells never forgotten. Like the old hardware stores, a unique aroma...This is sad.
catnhatnh
(8,976 posts)5. Here's a pretty good one with a decent website....
teamster633
(2,029 posts)6. I've known the current owner for years.
He seems like a pretty good guy.