Centerville in Hickman County, Tennessee — The American South (East South Central)
Former site of the Harber Grocery Store
Historic Downtown Centerville
Photographed by Darren Jefferson Clay, January 4, 2025
1. Harber Grocery Store Marker
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Former site of the Harber Grocery Store. . 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.
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.
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 163 times since then and 22 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.
