Bartley-Pittman Store circa 1890

Bartley-Pittman Store - Image courtesy Jack Dudley - Swansboro-A Pictorial Tribute

NATIONAL REGISTER of Historic Places: 120 Front Street (north side) - False-fronted commercial structure with original display windows, second story removed in 1918. Merchants James Thomas Bartley and John A. Pittman were early occupants of the building.

According to Jack Dudley's book, "the store was built circa 1893 since his deed states he purchased the lot from W.D. Hargett the same year. Bartley sold the store to John Pittman in 1896 and Pittman operated the store for several years, and was known as The Pittman Store. In photographs before 1930, the building had two stories. Swansboro's first "central" or telephone operator's office was on the second floor. The building has had many uses including serving as the post office."