Hamer's General Store
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Hamer's General Store | |
 Exterior of the former store; note the prominent false front at top | |
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| Location | 88 S. Main St., Mechanicsburg, Ohio |
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| Coordinates | 40°4′12″N 83°33′13″W / 40.07000°N 83.55361°W |
| Area | Less than 1 acre (0.40 ha) |
| Architectural style | Commercial |
| MPS | Mechanicsburg MRA |
| NRHP reference No. | 85001882[1] |
| Added to NRHP | August 29, 1985 |
Hamer's General Store was a small commercial building on the eastern side of the village of Mechanicsburg, Ohio, United States. Declared a historic site in the 1980s because of its architecture, it is no longer standing.
When platted in 1814, Mechanicsburg featured a grid plan centered on two major streets: Sandusky, running northeast–southwest, and Main, running northwest–southeast. Many of the lots along Main Street are small, causing the buildings occupying them to be narrow and constructed with minimal setbacks from the street.[2]: 2 Upon one of these lots was built Hamer's General Store in an unknown year in the second half of the nineteenth century.[1] Its name derives from a longtime owner, a Mr. Hamer who operated it from 1960 until selling it in 1983. General stores similar to Hamer's were once common in rural Ohio, but by enduring long after the demise of most others, Hamer's gradually became one of an extremely rare breed.[3]
