Thurman, Ohio today is just a few short streets next to a four lane highway. It was once someone’s booming town. Sometimes I detour through specifically to admire this old store. The window used to say Ruff’s Grocery, established 1907 but that window is clear now.
That Coca Cola sign still advertises groceries and cigarettes. Look at the trim work and picket fence. It’s charming!
It makes me wonder what these walls would say if they could talk. Generations of folks walked through those doors, picked up their mail, and bought their necessities. How many tall tales shared among the local farmers? Recipes shared? How many tots left here with pockets full of penny candy?
Oh, to be a time traveler!
Went to Ruff’s many times, to pick up odds and ends, or buy stamps! I lived on Tyn Rhos Rd., which is less than a mile from Thurman.
Can’t you just hear the old screen door slamming shut?
Yes! I love the sound of a slamming screen door! Was it as neat inside as it is outside?
Yes…really neat inside too!
Lovely to see the building is still standing, and hasn’t been turned into a pre-fabricated 7-Eleven
Yes! That would be tragic.
The place was clearly someone’s livelihood for quite some time and the building’s still in decent shape. Great find!
I will be heartbroken if they ever tear it down.