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Madison Landmarks Nominated by the Trust
Hill Grocery
120 N. Blount
This two-story frame vernacular structure is significant in Madison’s cultural history. These two buildings have been associated with several prominent people in the local African-American community, including John Turner, an early civic leader. He owned the buildings from 1849 to 1909, using them as a meeting hall and boarding house.
Turner’s widow sold the house to Reverend Charles Thomas, pastor of the African Methodist Episcopal Church, in 1912. The Reverend and his wife Caroline opened a small grocery store in the former meeting hall. In 1917, the store was sold to John and Amanda Hill, and remained a grocery store until the early 1980s.
The Hill Grocery Store is a Madison Landmark and was nominated by the Madison Trust in 1991.
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