Roanoke Times
Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: SUNDAY, July 25, 1993 TAG: 9307230142
SECTION: CURRENT PAGE: NRV-5 EDITION: NEW RIVER VALLEY
SOURCE: New River Valley bureau
DATELINE: WYTHEVILLE LENGTH: Short
One side of the ground floor and an upstairs section are operated by James and Pat Green. The rest of the ground floor contains Favorite Things, a store featuring home furnishings and gifts run by Rhonda Morgan and her mother, Neta Morgan.
"I just wanted something different for the area. We kind of specialize in the unusual," Green said.
Green's father, J.A. Green, who now lives in Roanoke, was a minister in Wytheville.
Green designed the building and was involved in its construction. It stands where a deteriorated barn once stood just off Main Street.
"I used some of the materials from the barn" and materials from another barn on Lover's Lane in east Wytheville, he said. Between the two, he came up with his own creation.
The store features various handmade items from cushions to jewelry, as well as clothing from BreDeen's Ladies' Fashions operated by the Greens' daughters, Dena and Brenna.
The building is just behind the Log House Restaurant on Main Street. Altogether, the complex makes up Old Towne Square.
by CNB