The T.B. Cooper general store, yesteryear's answer to a one-stop shopping
center is situated across from the Sarvis-Ammons House, just west of the Intracoastal Waterway
Bridge. The store served as a community nerve center of the early 1900's for a wide geographical
area between Myrtle Beach and Conway. Built by Thomas B. Cooper, the store was in operation from
1905 until it closed around 1930. This shotgun style building served not only as a general store
but also as the Myrtle Beach-Socastee post office. The wire mail cage remains today. Here, local
citizenry collected their mail, purchased basic mercantile needs, and met to socialize while
exchanging local news, gossip and political views. Behind the store is an historic Pecan Grove.
A cotton gin and a grist mill were located across the street. Nearby was a ferry at
Peachtree Landing that transported people from the east side of Horry County to the west and back
again across the Waccamaw River.
