• Home
  • Magazine
    • Where to Find Us
    • About Us
    • Contact Us
  • Archives
  • The Team
  • Media Kit
  • Blog
  • Aroundabout Local Media
  • Subscribe

Around Woodstock

  • Readers’ Choice 2023
    • Readers’ Choice Promotional Media Kit & Free Downloadables
    • 2022 Readers’ Choice Winners
  • Best for Bridal 2023
    • Best for Bridal Promotional Opportunities
  • Calendar
  • Share with Us
    • Submit Photos
    • Submit Events
    • Lost & Found Pets
  • Advertise with Us
    • Ad Testimonial Form
  • Get Connected
    • Community of Faith
    • Schools
facebook instagram

The Big Reveal

March 30, 2018

For 111 years, Dean’s Store has been a fixture on Main Street, serving as the city’s visitors center since 2001. A recent renovation brought the interior up to date while maintaining memorabilia that reflects the store’s history.

Dean’s Store opened in April 1906. A local physician, Dr. William Dean, and his oldest son, Linton, who had graduated from business school in Atlanta, intended to operate a doctor’s office and pharmacy at that location. After Dr. Dean passed away in the store’s first year, Linton turned it into a patent drug store and general store. It was the home of the area’s first Coca-Cola fountain, and it served as a Trailways bus station until 1975.

At different times, the store served as the collection agency for telephone, electricity and water, in addition to some city services, such as payment of taxes and applications for business licenses. With the attractions of the soda fountain and the abundance of Coca-Cola products, and the welcoming atmosphere, Dean’s Store has served as a meeting place for decades. Woodstock’s retired gentlemen have gathered in the store throughout its history.

Today, Dean’s Store is a home for Preservation Woodstock and the Woodstock Visitors Center, which serves more than 14,000 visitors each year. It’s one of Georgia’s regional visitor information centers, and is staffed by two Georgia-certified travel planners, Woodstock Tourism Manager Kyle Bennett and Marketing Manager Stacy Brown. www.visitwoodstockga.com

 

Deans Store Around Woodstock
Deans Store Around Woodstock
Deans Store Around Woodstock
Deans Store Around Woodstock
Hubbard family memorabilia.
Deans Store Around Woodstock
Deans Store Around Woodstock
Deans Store Around Woodstock
Deans Store Around Woodstock
Deans Store Around Woodstock
Deans Store Around Woodstock
Deans Store Around Woodstock
Deans Store Around Woodstock
Deans Store Around Woodstock

 

 

Display cases hold samples of medicines that would have been purchased in the store, as well as cigar and tobacco products. 
Deans Store Around Woodstock
Deans Store Around Woodstock
Deans Store Around Woodstock
Artist’s renderings of a few of the store’s original chairs.
Deans Store Around Woodstock
Deans Store Around Woodstock
Deans Store Around Woodstock
Deans Store Around Woodstock
Deans Store Around Woodstock
Fountain replica.
Deans Store Around Woodstock
The store’s original Lance cookie jar.
Deans Store Around Woodstock
Photos Courtesy of Darleen Prem

Filed Under: Feature

Leave a Reply Cancel reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

Read Our Most Recent Issue

Sign up to receive a digital copy of this magazine

See our other titles

Around Cherokee: The Story of our County & Its Cities

Blog Posts

How Will I Know If I’m Really in Labor?

Live, Work, Play in Woodstock, Canton

3 Ways to Sow Seeds of Service

© Copyright 2023 Around Woodstock