Combs StoreIntersection of Frost School and Cook Road
This photo is included in our Travels Through Troup County: A Guide to Its Architecture and History. Located in the heart of the Big Springs Community, Combs store is an excellent example of a rural business. The single room building has a front end gable masked by a tall wooden parapet. The double doors and shed roof porch with sqaure posts are typical features of such establishments.
The Big Springs community first developed around Big Springs Methodist Church which started shortly after the county's founding. A commercial center developed just after the turn of the twentieth century. John Williams Combs, the current owner's uncle, built the store about 1907 and it was used as a general store until recently. As postmaster of Big Springs for many years, he also operated a cotton gin and a saw mill. A cotton warehouse dating from the Atlanta, Birmingham, and Coast Railroad era still stands nearby. The AB & C first reached Troup County in 1907. Depots located in communities like Big Springs, Knott, Pyne, and Abbottsford began closing in the 1930s.
Photo by John Lawrence, Professor of Art at LaGrange College.
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