James Brown's Dry Goods Store

James Brown's Dry Goods Store

Building in 2013
Location 16464 Courthouse Rd., Eastville, Virginia
Coordinates 37°21′6″N 75°56′51″W / 37.35167°N 75.94750°W / 37.35167; -75.94750Coordinates: 37°21′6″N 75°56′51″W / 37.35167°N 75.94750°W / 37.35167; -75.94750
Area less than one acre
Built c. 1880 (1880)
Architectural style Stick/eastlake
NRHP Reference # 02000321[1]
VLR # 214-0039
Significant dates
Added to NRHP April 1, 2002
Designated VLR September 12, 2001[2]

James Brown's Dry Goods Store is a historic dry goods store located at Eastville, Northampton County, Virginia. It was built about 1880, and is a two-story, three-bay, rectangular frame commercial building located in the center of the town's historic main thoroughfare. It measures 32 feet wide by 100 feet deep. The front facade features a wide full-length porch, highly decorative molding over the transom of the display windows, and a stylized Palladian window framed with Stick / Eastlake trim.[3]

Interior of the building in 2013

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2001.[1] It is located in the Eastville Historical District.

References

  1. 1 2 National Park Service (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. "Virginia Landmarks Register". Virginia Department of Historic Resources. Retrieved 5 June 2013.
  3. Ariel Skelley (June 2001). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: James Brown's Dry Goods Store" (PDF). Virginia Department of Historic Resources. and Accompanying photo


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