This weekend, we were in Summerfield* and noticed the three crosses and the ‘HE IS RISEN’ sign on the second floor of the Brittain Building. This brick structure was built of hand-made bricks in 1872.If you look closely on the side of the building, faintly, you can see the sign for Gordon’s Hardware. There was a time when the local hardware store was the hub of the community. People would come together to learn the local news and catch up on the lives of their friends. The local hardware store was the Facebook of decades past. It was not uncommon for apartments to be upstairs or some kind of purpose different from the ground level. The Brittain Building appears to be in the same style as this one on Mendenhall Street in Greensboro– a very common design in the late 1800’s. While this whole area around Highway 150 and Summerfield Road has been thriving since the 1800’s, Summerfield was only incorporated in 1996.

In North Carolina, it is not uncommon to find professions of faith on buildings and in individual homes. So for today, for our Sunday religious post, as you can see, Easter is over and ‘HE IS RISEN.’ The signage is a very creative use of window space. Happy Sunday, all and, thank you for your loyalty to our blog.

*just north of Greensoro but still in Guilford County