The Book House moved from 9719 Manchester Road, in Rock Hill, to 7352 Manchester Road in Maplewood more than a year ago—forced out by its landlord so a several-story concrete storage facility could fill the block—replacing the Victorian house the book store occupied—but the store’s pole sign survives.
The book store’s owner, Michelle Barron, said it’s probably against Rock Hill sign code, but nobody has paid to remove it, so it stays.
“It costs money to haul it off. I think it’s right on the border between Title Max and the new place. That’s always been a problem,” she said.
She paid to have a sign added to the sign that tells customers the new Maplewood address.
“Then they figure out they need to come find us,” she said. “If the sign was gone they’d just be lost, so it actually helps. They talk to the Title Max people and they tell them where we are.”
Barron said the sign is like a legacy, or a tombstone. “It can stay there for ever and ever—that’s fine with me—this is where we used to be.”