The Red Store – Sandy Run, South Carolina
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This old store is located along US 176 – also called Old State Road – in Sandy Run. In the 1800s, it was a main stage road from Charleston to Columbia. A man named Herman Geiger built the first floor of the building, a combined residence and dry goods store, in 1819.
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It became known as the Asmann Store in the 1830s, when it came under the ownership of William Asmann. Frederick William Muller, a German immigrant, married one of Asmann’s daughters and added the second story around 1846. Mr. Muller is buried nearby in the Lutheran church cemetery just down the road.
SCIWAY thanks Ann Helms of Spartanburg for this great information and picture she took in 2010.
3 Comments about The Red Store
July 15th, 2012 at 4:22 pm
So glad for this info.. Have been riding by it off and on for years and
wondered what its story is. It should be preserved!!!!
May 21st, 2012 at 3:37 pm
Grant money has not been available for properties like this in a long time. It only seems people take interest in something when it is (almost) gone.
March 20th, 2012 at 1:14 pm
It is a true shame that this landmark is presently dilapidated. It is literally almost falling apart. It is privately owned and has not been cared for in years. I am a Sandy Run resident — I drive by this building every day and have watched it slowly ruin. If only it could be preserved through a grant so that it will not have to be condemned. This building is a significant piece of South Carolina history!
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