Last updated: September 28, 2026
Place
Goodman-Kincaid Building
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Quick Facts
Significance:
Historic Building
Thurmond Walking Tour Stop 5
Standard Dry Goods Company built the Goodman-Kincaid building around 1906. This large structure is the largest building along Commercial Row. The second floor had several offices for businesses including a lawyer. Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Exchange Company had its office there as well.
In Thurmond, there wasn't much flat land at the bottom of the gorge. The railroad used most of this land for tracks, rail yards, and other infrastructure. Building houses on the side of the gorge was difficult. With a population of 300 to 500 people, most residents didn't live in houses. Instead, they lived in apartments over the businesses. Most of the upper floors of the Goodman-Kincaid building were apartments.
The Standard Dry Goods Company sold the northern half of the building to Gost Tsaimes and Milton Tassos in 1918. They operated a Greek restaurant for several years.
Snyder and Carter Company did big business in Thurmond from the year 1912 until 1922. They sold men’s and women’s clothing and would travel to cities such as New York, Boston, or Cincinnati to purchase inventory. They even employed a milliner to make women’s hats.
Another restaurant was the Homestead. Mrs. Ida McClure owned the Homestead and cooked meals for railroad workers. During World War II, she did her part for the war effort by serving free meals to soldiers on troop trains. Her restaurant closed in 1945 at the end of the war.