Center for Hardware​

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     In 1893, S.T. Chance established Chance Grocery on this site as one of the earliest, if not first, brick buildings in Statesboro. In 1905, W.G. Raines built a two-story building and opened a hardware store. The building continued to serve as a hardware business under W.B. Johnson (1933-1941), Sam Rosenberg (1941-42), and finally, in 1942, as W.C. Akins Hardware. W. C. Akins began his hardware store in 1919 on the corner of South Main and Vine Streets. In 1993, the building was purchased by F. Gates Peed.

Supported by the Jack N. & Addie D. Averitt Foundation. 2019