Smiths Station in Lee County, Alabama — The American South (East South Central)

The Jones Store

Lee County

Photographed by James L.Whitman, November 27, 2021

1. The Jones Store Marker

Inscription. George Wyatt Jones Built the Jones Store around 1910. He and his wife Maggie Huguley Jones operated the store in the Smiths Station area for decades. The couple settled in the area in the late 1800s and opened their store on Old Opelika Road on the present-day site of Smiths Station High School. In 2017, the structure was gifted to the city and relocated to the Smiths Station Government Center Campus the same year. Following restoration, the structure reopened as the Historic Jones Store Museum at a ceremony held on July 12 2019.

Listed in the Alabama Register of Landmarks and Heritage on August 27,2020

Erected 2021 by the City of Smiths Station.

Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Industry & Commerce • Settlements & Settlers. A significant historical year for this entry is 1910.

Location. 32° 32.304′ N, 85° 6.045′ W. Marker is in Smiths Station, Alabama, in Lee County. It is on County Road 298, on the left when traveling north. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 1224 Co Rd 298, Smiths Station AL 36877, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in East Alabama and in Greater Columbus.

It is also in the American South

and specifically in the Deep South.

Globally, it is in North America,

a Gulf of Mexico state,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once the territory of the Mississippian Culture,

one of the Confederate States of America,

and the Antebellum South.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 8 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Line 32° 28´ North Latitude (approx. 0.9 miles away); Fort Jabe Brassell

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(approx. 4.6 miles away); Confederate Fort (approx. 5.6 miles away); Union Night Attack Down Summerville Road (approx. 6½ miles away); Allen Temple A.M.E. Church / Grant Chapel A.M.E. Church (approx. 6.9 miles away); Susie E. Allen Elementary School (approx. 7 miles away); Camp Conrad (approx. 7.2 miles away in Georgia); Albert Love Patterson (approx. 7.4 miles away).

Photographed by James L.Whitman, November 20, 2021

2. The Jones Store Marker

Photographed by James L.Whitman, November 20, 2021

3. The Jones Store Marker

Credits. This page was last revised on November 27, 2021. It was originally submitted on November 21, 2021, by James L.Whitman of Eufaula, Alabama. This page has been viewed 765 times since then and 41 times this year. Photos: 1. submitted on November 27, 2021, by James L.Whitman of Eufaula, Alabama. 2, 3. submitted on November 21, 2021, by James L.Whitman of Eufaula, Alabama. • Mark Hilton was the editor who published this page.