Hite Store

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Location 0.25 miles (0.40 km) south of the junction of Lowesville and Woodson Roads at Lowesville, Virginia
Coordinates 37°43′6.5″N79°4′1″W / 37.718472°N 79.06694°W / 37.718472; -79.06694 Coordinates: 37°43′6.5″N79°4′1″W / 37.718472°N 79.06694°W / 37.718472; -79.06694
Area 2.7 acres (1.1 ha)
Built 1869 (1869)
Architectural style Greek Revival
NRHP reference # 97000487 [1]
VLR # 005-0058
Significant dates
Added to NRHP June 6, 1997
Designated VLR March 19, 1997 [2]

Hite Store, also known as Riverview, is a historic general store in Lowesville, Amherst County, Virginia. It was built in 1869, and is a two-story, "L"-shaped brick building in the Greek Revival style. It has a hipped roof and features a full-width porch. Contributing outbuildings are three frame-constructed, gable-roofed and weatherboard-clad one-story buildings, and a gable-roofed log barn. [3]

General store rural or small town store

A general merchant store is a rural or small town store that carries a general line of merchandise. It carries a broad selection of merchandise, sometimes in a small space, where people from the town and surrounding rural areas come to purchase all their general goods. The store carries routine stock and obtains special orders from warehouses. It differs from a convenience store or corner shop in that it will be the main shop for the community rather than a convenient supplement.

Lowesville is an unincorporated community in Nelson County, Virginia, United States. It lies along the path of the now-defunct Virginia Blue Ridge Railway.

Amherst County, Virginia County in the United States

Amherst County is a county, located in the Piedmont region and near the center of the Commonwealth of Virginia in the United States. The county is part of the Lynchburg, VA Metropolitan Statistical Area, and its county seat is also called Amherst.

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1997. [1]

National Register of Historic Places federal list of historic sites in the United States

The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the United States federal government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures, and objects deemed worthy of preservation for their historical significance. A property listed in the National Register, or located within a National Register Historic District, may qualify for tax incentives derived from the total value of expenses incurred preserving the property.

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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 2013-05-12.
  3. Susan E. Smead (January 1997). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Hite Store" (PDF). and Accompanying photo