William Rea Store

William Rea Store is a historic commercial building located in the Murfreesboro Historic District at Murfreesboro, Hertford County, North Carolina. It was built about 1790, and is a two-story, three bay, brick building with a one-story, three bay wing. It is one of the oldest commercial buildings in North Carolina. It was built by William Rea, a wealthy Boston merchant.[2]

William Rea Store
White and Britton Store, HABS photo, July 1940
LocationE. Williams St., Murfreesboro, North Carolina
Coordinates36°26′38″N 77°5′54″W
Area0.2 acres (0.081 ha)
Built1790 (1790)
NRHP reference No.70000457[1]
Added to NRHPSeptember 15, 1970

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1970.[1]

The building is owned by the Murfreesboro Historical Association and serves as its main museum site, the William Rea Museum. Exhibits include area agriculture, education, architecture, river trade, Native American life, and the lives of inventors Richard Jordan Gatling and his brother James Henry Gatling.[3] The Association also operates the Brady C. Jefcoat Museum, tours of Dr. Walter Reed House, John Wheeler House, shops and the Agriculture and Transportation Museum. The Association's office is located in the Roberts-Vaughan House.

References
  1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. John B. Wells, III & Sherry I. Penney (June 1970). "William Rea Store" (pdf). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office. Retrieved 2015-01-01.
  3. "William Rea Museum". Murfreesboro Historical Association. Retrieved 24 September 2017.


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