Marion Brothers Store & The Siloam Bridge Collapse
Sometimes when you come across an old general store, there's much more to it than meets the eye. An example is the Marion Brothers Store in the rural Southern Surry County of Siloam. Marion Brothers Store - Siolam (Adam Prince, March 2025) The store, built in the 1890s, has been listed on the National Register of Historic Places since 2012. The two-story building housed a general store and roller mill on the first floor and apartments on the second floor. The store and roller mill operated until 1940, and the building continued to house residents into the 1960s. After the general store closed, the lower-floor business area was once a tobacco pack house. The Marion Brothers Store is one of the last remnants of a small but thriving railroad community. Siloam, named after the Pools of Siloam, was first settled in the late 1700s, and by 1837, a post office was established. When the Northwestern North Carolina Railroad came through in 1890, a small commercial center, includi...
