The Lenoir Store built in 1869 is an American historic general store building located in the

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. It stands on the same site where the Lenoir family has operated a general store since before 1808 and "is the oldest business establishment in Sumter County".
South Carolina Department of Archives and History file on Lenoir Store
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. As of that date, it was still being operated by members of the Lenoir family. Lenoir is pronounced le-nore or len-wa by some of its more northern members.

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