James Brown's Dry Goods Store

Coordinates: 37°21′6″N 75°56′51″W / 37.35167°N 75.94750°W / 37.35167; -75.94750
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James Brown's Dry Goods Store
Building in 2013
James Brown's Dry Goods Store is located in Virginia
James Brown's Dry Goods Store
James Brown's Dry Goods Store is located in the United States
James Brown's Dry Goods Store
Location16464 Courthouse Rd., Eastville, Virginia
Coordinates37°21′6″N 75°56′51″W / 37.35167°N 75.94750°W / 37.35167; -75.94750
Arealess than one acre
Builtc. 1880 (1880)
Architectural styleStick/eastlake
NRHP reference No.02000321[1]
VLR No.214-0039
Significant dates
Added to NRHPApril 1, 2002
Designated VLRSeptember 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[edit]

  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. ^ "Virginia Landmarks Register". Virginia Department of Historic Resources. Retrieved June 5, 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