National Register of Historic Places
Thomas Brothers Store
Biglerville, Adams County, Pennsylvania
The record
- Listed
- August 15, 2008
- Type
- Building
- Address
- 4 S. Main St., Biglerville
- County
- Adams
- State
- Pennsylvania
- Period of significance
- 1900 to 1974
- Contributing resources
- 1 building
- Coordinates
- 39.93037, -77.24832
- Reference number
- 08000780
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The story
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The Thomas Brothers Store is a brick building at 4 S. Main St. in Biglerville, Adams County, built in 1912 in the Classical Revival style. The nomination names Ner C. Thomas as architect.
Why it's listed
It was listed under criterion A, with local significance in commerce from 1912 to 1958, reflecting its 1912 construction.
Physical character
The walls are brick on a fieldstone foundation, under an asphalt roof. The building has an auditorium, a parapet cornice and a cast iron fire escape, and a shed-roofed wood frame porch was added to the front in the 1960s.
Historical context
The building was a general store and commercial center through its period of significance, and its historic functions also included an auditorium, a meeting hall, a library and a restaurant. In 1925 G.R. Thomas sold his portion of the property to N.C. and Nettie Thomas, and at the time of its listing the building was a department store.