Busbee's Store, built in 1884, is one of only two pre-1916 commercial buildings still standing along Gordonsville's South Main Street. A devastating fire in 1916 destroyed every wooden building on this block. The brick buttresses visible in this photo beneath the Dr. Pepper sign were added to reinforce the north wall, which was weakened by the fire.
This building, with its rounded arch windows and bracketed Italianate cornices, is one of the most ornate buildings in the commercial section of town. The wooden storefront is, if not original, very early. A friend of mine remembers going to Busbee's Store when he was a boy, but I do not know when it went out of business.
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