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V 4 � <br /> No PROPERTY NAME C NC TYPE LOCATION ADDRESS <br /> 14 Finley,Mildred House mod. bldg. E side SR 1004 S ofjct w/SR 1352 1611 Carr Store Road <br /> DESCRIPTION <br /> The ca. 19609 1-story side-gabled brick ranch house is now owned by William Hall. The property was the location of the now demolished 1910 <br /> Finley House(Graybeal interview w/Virginia Boland,July 10, 1997). One of the first post offices in Cedar Grove was located on this site, <br /> probably in the Finley house. The existence of Cedar Grove as a rural community can be traced to around 1828,when the community's first <br /> post office was established with Joseph Allison as its postmaster(Powell 1968&Postmasters of Cedar Grove 1981). Some of the original <br /> English cedar trees for which the community is named are located in the front yard of this house. Community historians relate that a <br /> Revolutionary War colonel by the name of Allison had the trees planted on each side of the crossroads for a one-mile distance each direction. <br /> 14a Garage mod. bldg. <br /> DESCRIPTION <br /> ca. 1960 side-gabled brick <br /> 15 Oliver,C.C.Auto&Tractor Repair C bldg. N side SR 1004 W of jet w/SR 1357 <br /> Shop <br /> DESCRIPTION <br /> The 1-story concrete block garage building with a stepped parapet was built in 1946 by Charles Crisp Oliver. T.L.Oliver,the father of Charles <br /> Crisp,operated a blacksmith shop on this site in the early 1900s. <br /> 15a Storage building mod. bldg. <br /> DESCRIPTION <br /> late 20th-century corrugated metal front-gabled <br /> 16 Allison-Oliver-Pender Store C bldg. W side SR 1357 appx. 100 ft N of jet w/SR <br /> 1004 <br /> DESCRIPTION <br /> The frame weatherboarded building is 3-bays wide with a front-gable roof sheathed in v-crimp metal and with returned cornice. The main <br /> facade is lit with 6/6 double-hung windows and is fronted by a hipped porch roof supported by chamfered posts. A small 1-story side addition, <br /> which formerly housed a post office,is lit with 6/6 and 4/4 double-hung windows.The interior of the store retains the original fixtures,glass <br /> display cases and hardwood floors. The structure was erected in the 1880s by the Allison family and has been in continuous operation to the <br /> present day. The Oliver family acquired the store in October 1907 and C.H.Pender and his wife Irene Oliver acquired the store in the 19609 <br /> (Graybeal interview with Irene Oliver Pender,July 16, 1997 and Stephen Finley,August 14,1997). <br /> 16a Shed C bldg. <br /> DESCRIPTION <br /> mid-20th-century small frame open-front <br />