U. S. B. Dale's Market, also known as B & S Discount Foods, is a historic commercial building located near Morganton, Burke County, North Carolina. It was built about 1900 as a neighborhood grocery store for the Grant Dale community. It is a one-story, rectangular, flat-roofed, brick building with a stepped

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. It is a rare intact example of a rural community store. It was listed on the

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in 1987.

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Commercial buildings on the National Register of Historic Places in North Carolina Commercial buildings completed in 1900 Buildings and structures in Burke County, North Carolina National Register of Historic Places in Burke County, North Carolina Retail buildings in North Carolina Grocery store buildings {{BurkeCountyNC-NRHP-stub