Centerville in Hickman County, Tennessee — The American South (East South Central)

Former site of the Harber Grocery Store

— Historic Downtown Centerville —

Harber Grocery Store Marker image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Darren Jefferson Clay, January 4, 2025

1. Harber Grocery Store Marker

Inscription. In the early 1940s, brothers Clifford and Clovis Harber opened a grocery store here. In 1945 Clovis opened a second store, Harber's Supermarket, across the street to the north. Clifford and his wife Virtrice operated Harber's Bi Rite for the next 30 years. After Harber's closed, 6D Grocery was here briefly. Ronnie and Floy Shipp moved Shipp Studio here in 1988. Curves Exercise opened in 2003, followed by Creative Images around 2007. HCTN Properties bought the building in 2018, remodeled it, and it became home to Centerville Co-Works. The small building next door was an ice house and meat locker, where citizens rented space for frozen food before home freezers were common. After that, it was used as storage for Harber's and for a laundromat. It was renovated in 2023 as an event space and home for the Grinders Switch Hour Radio Show.

Topics. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: Notable Buildings.

Location. 35° 46.812′ N, 87° 28.013′ W. Marker is in Centerville, Tennessee, in Hickman County. It is at the intersection of North Central Avenue and W Hackberry

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St, on the right when traveling south on North Central Avenue. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 109 N Central Ave, Centerville TN 37033, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in Middle Tennessee

and in the Highland Rim.

It is also in the American South

and specifically in the Upper South.

Globally, it is in North America,

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 walking distance of this marker: Prince Hardware Building (within shouting distance of this marker); Yates Building (about 300 feet away, measured in a direct line); First National Bank (about 400 feet away); Elias Jewelry Building (about 400 feet away); Thompson's Dry Goods Building (about 400 feet away); Arnold Building (about 400 feet away); Derryberry Drug Store (about 500 feet away); 400 West Public Square (about 500 feet away). Touch for a list and map of all

Photographed by Darren Jefferson Clay, January 4, 2025

2. Harber Grocery Store Marker

markers in Centerville.

Credits. This page was last revised on January 31, 2025. It was originally submitted on January 29, 2025, by Darren Jefferson Clay of Duluth, Georgia. This page has been viewed 166 times since then and 25 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on January 29, 2025, by Darren Jefferson Clay of Duluth, Georgia. • James Hulse was the editor who published this page.