Stancil’s Store – Ball Ground, Ga
Today’s blog post is on the now shuttered Stancil’s Store and Amoco station in Ball Ground, Ga. Stancil’s opened in 1912 as a general store, and sold a little bit of everything. They were the local gas station, hardware store and shoe store. They pretty much carried a little bit of everything that a family could need from dry goods to firewood, coal and most small appliances for the home. The signs on the outside of this decaying building show that they were the local Red Wing shoes and boots store and from what locals have told me, they were also …