The Mount Pleasant General Store property includes the general store and a smokehouse behind it, both built by the Warne family, who also owned the mill across Rick Road. The smokehouse was constructed in the early 1830's, and the store was erected around 1840. After the Delaware Canal opened in 1832 and trade increased, the smokehouse processed meat for sale to downriver markets. The general store, with a Greek Revival facade resembling a 4th century B.C. temple, reflected the mid-19th-century commercial and industrial advances that brought prosperity to the village and tied its inhabitants to the region's broader cash economy. It was an important place where villagers met, learned about developments farther away, and used a post office. Together with the adjacent mill and a dance hall that once stood across the street, it formed a center of village life. Later in the 19th century, long-line railroads contributed to Mount Pleasant's decline, and the store gradually fell into disrepair in the late 20th century, ceased operating in 1998, and was restored to its current condition in 2000.