A. P. Carter Store

{{short description|Historic commercial building in Virginia, United States}}

{{Infobox NRHP

| name = A. P. Carter Store

| nrhp_type =

| designated_other1 = Virginia Landmarks Register

| designated_other1_date = April 16, 1985{{cite web|title=Virginia Landmarks Register|url=http://www.dhr.virginia.gov/registers/register_counties_cities.htm|publisher=Virginia Department of Historic Resources|access-date=5 June 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130921053819/http://www.dhr.virginia.gov/registers/register_counties_cities.htm|archive-date=2013-09-21|url-status=dead|df=}}

| designated_other1_number = 084-0006

| designated_other1_num_position = bottom

| image = AP Carter Grocery-now museum 1 copy (3305559504).jpg

| caption = View of the store in 2009

| location = Rt. 614, Maces Spring, Virginia

| coordinates = {{coord|36|40|5|N|82|24|47|W|display=inline,title}}

| locmapin = Virginia#USA

| built = {{Start date|1945}}

| architect = Multiple

| architecture = Vernacular Commercial

| added = June 14, 1985

| area = {{convert|1|acre}}

| mpsub = {{NRHP url|id=64000880|title=Carter Family TR}}

| refnum = 85001411{{NRISref|version=2010a}}

}}

A. P. Carter Store is a historic general store museum located at Maces Spring, Scott County, Virginia. It was built in 1945, and is a one-story frame building with a cross-gable roof. The store is most notable for its association with the Carter Family, a traditional American folk music group that recorded between 1927 and 1956. It was the residence and small store operated by former country artist A.P. Carter (1891–1960) after he left the music business.{{cite web|url=http://www.dhr.virginia.gov/registers/Counties/Scott/084-0006_Carter,_A._P.,_Store_(Carter_Family_Thematic)_1985_Final_Nomination.pdf|title=National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: A. P. Carter Store |author= Virginia Historic Landmarks Commission Staff|date=February 1985|publisher=Virginia Department of Historic Resources}} and [http://www.dhr.virginia.gov/registers/Counties/Scott/APCarterStore_photo.htm Accompanying photo]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1985. It is now open weekly before concerts as a museum operated by the Carter Family Fold.