Since 2017, THE STORE has offered a personal and well-designed lodging experience for the discerning traveler including meeting lounge rental for businesses and media productions. The property's Owner/Proprietor is an award winning architect who resides onsite (like an old-fashioned innkeeper). As your "in-the-know" onsite host, he greets every guest upon arrival and offers knowledgable suggestions for local restaurants, important sites and cultural activities.

THE STORE is a former neighborhood corner store nestled in Raleigh's Glenwood-Brooklyn Historic District and reincarnated is a unique intimate-sized boutique hotel. GUEST ROOMS We offer two well-appointed guest accommodations with thoughtful creature-comforts and “forget-me-not” toiletries. Our Queen Room includes a separate private bath with tub and our King Suite offers an ensuite, spa-like vanity and private breakfast nook. Each is suitable for one to two guests. COMMONS The vibe is peaceful and relaxing set within a unique, modernist design. Our Lounge is a chic, clean-lined homage to its former fresh market history with wide-planked pine floors and a mixture of industrial elements. Its architectural and spacial character exudes clever economy and maximum utility. Outside amenities include a raised 1,200 sq.ft. courtyard, affectionately dubbed the ‘Agri-Plaza’ with galvanized stock tanks refurbished as raised-bed planters. Screened porch, Koi pond and fountain, Fire pit and Private drive/Parking. SERVICE The property's Owner/Proprietor is an award winning architect who resides onsite (like an old-fashioned innkeeper). As your "in-the-know" onsite guide, he greets every guest upon arrival and offers knowledgable suggestions for local restaurants, important sites and cultural activities. ENVIRONS THE STORE is ideally located within a walkable residential neighborhood--1 mile from Raleigh's Downtown core, 3 blocks from the Glenwood South Entertainment District, and 6 blocks from the Village District Shopping Center. In addition, Fred Fletcher Park is located one block away.

Originally constructed in 1915, “The Glenwood Grocery” served as Brooklyn Hill’s general store. The modest, two-story wood-frame structure was built in a balloon-frame style, similar to a barn with an open-span post and beam interior on the first floor. The brick pier foundation was laid over dirt and the interior was heated with coal. The second floor was used for storage and civic meeting space. John F. and Minnie Peatross owned and operated the grocery and lived nearby at 817 Brooklyn St. (present-day St. Mary’s Family Dentistry). In the late 1930’s, John Peatross left the business when he became superintendent of Raleigh’s Downtown City Market and Minnie Peatross ran the grocery until 1940 after which it briefly became ‘Lowe’s Grocery’. In 1944, the Peatross’s sold the building to Alexander and Myrtle Nordan who resided in the neighborhood. The Nordans took over the grocery business and renamed the place “The Nordan Grocery & Market” which became a local landmark. The couple continued to run the market for decades—30 years to be exact—selling "everything and anything except whiskey,” Alexander Nordan told The Raleigh Times the year after the grocery closed for good in 1974. By that time, the first story was a patchwork of apertures and the original corner entrance had long been closed up. After Alexander’s death in 1976, his wife Myrtle continued to live onsite until her death in 1996. The couple's heirs then leased out the family apartment and used the remainder of the building was shuttered for storage. In 1997, the building was sold ‘as-is’ to John Reese, an architect, and his partner, Dan Lilley, Jr., an audiophile and inventor.