Greenwood History
From the Greenwood-Afton Rural Historic District NR application:


The small village of Greenwood Depot was established with the arrival of the railroad in 1853. The area included a train depot, general stores, a post office, and later a hotel.

The crossroads south of Greenwood Depot, which eventually became known as Greenwood Country Store, got its start during the last quarter of the nineteenth century with the establishment of Woodson's blacksmith shop. Later, in the 1880s, H.R. Boswell opened a sassafras oil extraction mill and store across the street from the blacksmith shop. After the close of the Greenwood Depot in the 1940s, Country Store became Greenwood's community nucleus. By the mid-20th century the small crossroads featured the store, a blacksmith shop, a barber, a post office, the Greenwood High School, and the nearby community center. The school (now partially used as a residence), the store, post office, and nearby community center remain intact.

Post Office Building History

788 Greenwood Road

Primary Resource Information: Post Office, Stories 1.00, Style: No Discernable Style, Built 1940

Designed by Stanislaw Makielski (1893-1969). Born in Indiana to Polish immigrants, Makielski graduated from the University of Virginia in 1922. He later became UVA's first architecture school professor, a position he held for over 40 years.

Pictures of Locale

Across the street to the north is the Greenwood General Store, now an antique shop, with apartments above.

Looking back to the west one can see Humpback mtn in the distance.