GAINESVILLE, Fla. (WCJB) – Leaders at the Cotton Club Museum are hoping to restore an old grocery store into a historical site.
“In African American communities, there are historic buildings, we don’t save many of them. This is one,” said Chair of Cotton Club Museum, Vivian Filer.
The Perryman Grocery Store was once a staple food source for residents of East Gainesville in the 1930’s and 40’s after being brought over from Camp Blanding…