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4247
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The L. Vincent Lowe, Jr., Business Award is the highest preservation award given to a state business for promoting protection of architectural resources in the state. The Mast General Store received the 1998 award. The store, located in Watauga County between Vilas and Banner Elk, was built in the 1880s and is one of the last of its kind. In 1973, it was included on the National Register of Historic Places.
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North Carolina Preservation (NoCar Oversize E 151 N6x), Vol. Issue 112, Summer 1999, p18, il
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6897
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The Mast General Store was opened for business in Valle Crucis in 1883 by Henry Taylor. In 1897, he sold a half interest in the store to W. W. Mast. The Mast family operated it until 1973, when they sold it to an absentee landlord. The store closed in 1977. Enter John and Faye Cooper, who were attracted to the site in 1976. Boyanoski describes how the Coopers purchased and revived the store, establishing it as an institution, treasured by locals and visitors for its mix of the old and the new.
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23772
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Valle Crucis' Mast General Store was reopened by John Cooper in 1980. The store in Valle Crucis was originally opened in 1883 and is a historical icon in the town.
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WNC Magazine (NoCar F261 .W64), Vol. 3 Issue 4, June 2009, p46-51, il, por Periodical Website
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37607
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Opened in 1883, it fulfilled customers’ needs from the cradle to the grave…literally. Mast General Store’s location in Valle Crusis almost lives up to the store’s slogan from that time: “if you can’t buy it here, you don’t need it,” indicated in the accompanied photo. As for the general store nuance of yesteryear, that can be perceived in the chicken coop door on the floor (deterrent for dishonest chicken barterers) and a five cent cup of coffee.