Gray's General Store

[1] The store featured an old-fashioned marble soda fountain, cigar and tobacco cases, and Rhode Island johnnycakes.

Senator Jack Reed and then-Governor Donald Carcieri issued proclamations naming Gray's as the oldest continuously run general store in the country.

Gray's also was the location of the first post office in Little Compton, founded in 1804.

[2] Gray's temporarily closed on Sunday, July 29, 2012, after the death of its proprietor due to lack of interest in keeping the store open by relatives, citing that "the shop's finances aren't sustainable and a supermarket down the street has siphoned away business.

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