Keokee Store No. 1

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Keokee Store No. 1
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Location Cty Rd. 606, Keokee, Virginia
Coordinates 36°51′49″N82°54′01″W / 36.86361°N 82.90028°W / 36.86361; -82.90028 Coordinates: 36°51′49″N82°54′01″W / 36.86361°N 82.90028°W / 36.86361; -82.90028
Area 1.2 acres (0.49 ha)
Built 1910 (1910), 1939
Architectural style Bungalow/craftsman
NRHP reference # 07000397 [1]
VLR # 052-0066
Significant dates
Added to NRHP April 30, 2007
Designated VLR March 7, 2007 [2]

Keokee Store No. 1, also known as the Keokee High School Gymnasium and Darnell's Store, is a historic company store located at Keokee, Lee County, Virginia. It was built in 1910, by the Stonega Coke and Coal Company, and is two-story, gambrel-roofed stone building that has been altered both internally and externally from a community store into a school gymnasium. It was significantly modified in 1939, and the modifications continued through 1954. The building serves as a facility for athletic, educational, and entertainment activities. [3]

Company store a retail store selling a limited range of food, clothing and daily necessities to employees of a company. It is typical of a company town in a remote area where virtually everyone is employed by one firm, such as a coal mine.

A company store is a retail store selling a limited range of food, clothing and daily necessities to employees of a company. It is typical of a company town in a remote area where virtually everyone is employed by one firm, such as a coal mine. In a company town, the housing is owned by the company but there may be independent stores there or nearby.

Keokee, Virginia CDP in Virginia, United States

Keokee is a census-designated place (CDP) in Lee County, Virginia, United States. The population was 416 at the 2010 census.

Lee County, Virginia County in the United States

Lee County is the westernmost county in the U.S. Commonwealth of Virginia. As of the 2015 census estimate, the population was 24,742. Its county seat is Jonesville.

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2007. [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 5 June 2013.
  3. W. Eugene Cox, Joyce Cox and Michael J. Pulice (July 2006). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Keokee Store No. 1" (PDF). Virginia Department of Historic Resources. and Accompanying five photos