Antique Shop Locates in Historic Home
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Time was you could buy a home from the Sears & Roebuck catalog.
A certain Dr. Roberts did it in 1912. He chose the Avondale, a bungalow-style dwelling. The home-building kit was delivered to his land in Coats and then constructed according to the directions.
The Roberts family owned and lived in the house for 91 years. In 2003, an antiques dealer purchased the house with plans to expand her shop.
“Our store was across the street and we had run out of room,” Debbie Greider says. She and her husband, Dan, own Colonial Corner Antiques.
Now, one of the town’s most historic dwellings helps sell some of its historical items. The Greiders have operated the store for 15 years, offering mahogany and oak furniture, dining room sets, glassware and collectibles, mainly from the 1940s and 1950s.
Debbie Greider says she started the business due to her love of old things. The first inventory was three pieces of restored furniture.
The current location is a good fit, she says. “It has two beautiful stained glass windows, and the front windows are kind of wavy-like, with bubbles in the glass, like you see in older homes. And the floors are beautiful.”
Story by Paul Hughes
Photo by Todd Bennett
