James Brown's Dry Goods Store

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James Brown's Dry Goods Store
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Location16464 Courthouse Rd., Eastville, Virginia
Coordinates 37°21′6″N75°56′51″W / 37.35167°N 75.94750°W / 37.35167; -75.94750 Coordinates: 37°21′6″N75°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 James Browns Dry Goods Store Interior.jpg
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.

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References

  1. 1 2 "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 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