An Arizona woman spent 3 years turning an old general store into a 1-bedroom home to fulfill her late husband's wishes. She's listing it for $1.1 million take a look inside.

Also known as the Old Pearce Mercantile or the Arizona Ghost Town Museum, the property sits on a 0.64-acre lot, per the listing. It was listed in the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) in 1978, per its registration document.

"The mercantile has been standing there at the same spot since 1895. It was your one-stop-shop, like today's department store," listing agent Patsy Nyberg from Realty One Group Integrity told Insider. "There was even a Wells Fargo bank inside."

The couple bought the old general store in 1996, per a property insurance document that Nyberg sent to Insider. Burris declined to share the purchase price.

The 19th-century mining town of Pearce flourished until the 1930s, per the Arizona Department of Transportation. It's now part of the Arizona Ghost Town Trail — a popular road trip route that links three former mining towns together.

Today, there are fewer than 2,000 people living in Pearce.

"He passed away several years ago so his wife completed the job. It took about three years and was finished around 2019," Nyberg said.

All of the store's old shelves, ladders, and railings still exist to this day, she added. Even the facade has been carefully restuccoed and painted.

"Patty filled this place with antiques that she sought out over the years, many of which will convey with the sale of the property," Nyberg said.

Some of these items include historical documents, vintage food packaging, signs, and appliances like weighing scales and oil lamps.

These vintage items help to tell the history of the town, Nyberg said: "Most of the items in the house were donated by old families who have been living in the area for generations, while others were amassed from yard sales."

Even Nyberg has personal ties to the restoration process — her husband, a carpenter, worked with Burris to create the one-bedroom apartment in the back of the building, she added.

"It looks like a box, but it's actually the old post office front that was brought over the hill from the nearby town of Tombstone," Nyberg said.

There's also a restored Studebaker wagon that sits on top of the wooden entranceway.

Although the Old Pearce Mercantile is currently uninhabited, Burris lived there for a short period of time while her own home — the former Pearce post office building — was under renovation, Nyberg said.

Burris still goes over daily to check on things, Nyberg said. "There's a resident cat that hangs out there that will also convey with the property," she added.

The property has been on and off the market since Burris completed the restoration in 2019, listing records show. She first put the Old Pearce Mercantile up for sale in May 2020 for $944,000. Over the next two years, its price was incrementally increased to the current $1.1 million.

Houses in Pearce, Arizona, have a median listing home price of $215,000, per data from real-estate platform Realtor.com.

There are currently 20 single family homes for sale in the area, with prices that range from $56,000 to $1.1 million. The Old Pearce Mercantile, with its $1.1 million price tag, is the most expensive listing in the neighborhood.

"Patty has had plans drawn up to add guest cottages with bathrooms behind, to connect the blacksmith shop and all those storage areas," Nyberg said.

Although the Old Pearce Mercantile is currently registered as a residential property, future owners can get it switched back to commercial status easily, Nyberg added.

"It's very easily changed because it was a commercial property to begin with," Nyberg said. "It has a new commercial septic tank put in along with a new well, so the place ready for anything that the new buyers might want to use it for."

As the inspector was scrutinizing the structure and issuing strict demands, he spotted a rattlesnake slithering into the courtyard from under the building, Burris said.

"The inspection was cut short and the guys went back to work chuckling," she added.

"Although there's been some additions and repairs, that side of the mercantile would have been almost the way it was," Nyberg said. "Blacksmith shops are pretty rough."

The surrounding area is known for wine production, and Burris is willing to negotiate the sale of 10 nearby acres for grape-growing, per the listing.

Burris has hosted weddings and other events on the property. Thanksgiving, in particular, is a big community event: In the past, she has opened up the place for street fairs with vendors, Nyberg said.

"We've used it over the years in the town, and the townspeople are really hoping someone will purchase it," Nyberg added.

"An ideal buyer would be somebody that appreciates history and is going to keep it the way it is. Hopefully, they'll open it up to the community again," Nyberg said.

"It's a museum that people should be able to see," she added.