Gray's General Store

Gray's General Store is a general store located at 4 Main Street in Adamsville, Rhode Island. Founded in 1788, it operated for almost 225 years and was reputed to be the oldest continually operating general store in the United States.[1]

Gray's General Store.

The store featured an old-fashioned marble soda fountain, cigar and tobacco cases, and Rhode Island johnnycakes. In 2007, U.S. Senator Jack Reed and then-Governor Donald Carcieri issued proclamations naming Gray's as the oldest continuously run general store in the country. The store was owned and operated by the same family since 1879, entailing seven generations. Gray's also was the location of the first post office in Little Compton, founded in 1804.[2]

Gray's closed on Sunday, July 29, 2012, after the death of its proprietor due lack of interest in keeping the store open by relatives, citing that "the shop's finances aren't sustainable and a supermarket down the street has siphoned away business." [1]

The store re-opened in the summer of 2013.[3][4]

References
  1. "Gray's Store, 224-Year-Old Rhode Island General Store, Closes Its Doors Today", Huffington Post. Retrieved 7/30/12.
  2. "Gray's Store" Archived 2012-07-31 at the Wayback Machine, Visit Rhode Island state tourism website. Retrieved 7/30/12.
  3. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2013-07-30. Retrieved 2016-04-11.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  4. http://www.heraldnews.com/news/x273437912/Grays-Store-reopens-highlighting-busy-weekend-in-Adamsville

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