Robie's Country Store

Robie's Country Store
Location: 8 Riverside St., Hooksett, New Hampshire
Area: less than one acre
Built: 1907
Architectural style: Italianate, Boomtown commercial
Governing body: Private
NRHP Reference#: 00001038[1]
Added to NRHP: August 31, 2000

Robie's Country Store is a historic store at 8 Riverside Street in Hooksett, New Hampshire.

It was built in 1907 and added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2000. Robie's has been a political stop for presidential candidates since the early 1950s.[2]

Robie's was the oldest continuously operating business in Hooksett. The shop flourished at least in part due to its location: close to road, river, and rail traffic. The original building had a dock and received river barge merchandise until the railroad arrived in 1842.[3]

The building burned in 1857, was rebuilt, burned again in 1906, and was again rebuilt. George A. Robie bought the store in 1887, and over the next 110 years it was passed down from father to son. It provided Hooksett with staples and supplies and doubled as the town's post office.[3]

References

  1. ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. 2009-03-13. http://nrhp.focus.nps.gov/natreg/docs/All_Data.html. 
  2. ^ http://www.robies.org/announce.htm
  3. ^ a b http://www.robies.org/brochure.htm
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