Pinnix Drug Store Building

Located at 101 South Main St. This 2-story brick family drugstore was established "on the square" in 1904 by J. M. Pinnix. Three generations of the Pinnix family had run it by the time it closed in 1986 as the oldest drug store in North Carolina under the same ownership in the same location. This same family also gave 58 years of continuous service to the town of Kernersville.

The store was a favorite gathering place for checkers and tall tales around the wood burning stove as well as sodas on high stools in front of the marble top counter. This building replaced the original one on the original site about 1925, with 3 different expansions before 1986 when it was renovated for office use by John Wolfe, III. The exterior was altered by the replacement of all sash windows and new partitions were made in the interior. However, the form, position of the bays and the molded cornice remain intact.