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]
James Brown's Dry Goods Store | |
 Building in 2013 | |
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| Location | 16464 Courthouse Rd., Eastville, Virginia |
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| Coordinates | 37°21′6″N 75°56′51″W / 37.35167°N 75.94750°W |
| Area | less than one acre |
| Built | c. 1880 |
| Architectural style | Stick/eastlake |
| NRHP reference No. | 02000321[1] |
| VLR No. | 214-0039 |
| Significant dates | |
| Added to NRHP | April 1, 2002 |
| Designated VLR | September 12, 2001[2] |
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2001.[1] It is located in the Eastville Historical District.
References
edit- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ "Virginia Landmarks Register". Virginia Department of Historic Resources. Retrieved June 5, 2013.
- ^ 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