Valentine Leight General Store

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Valentine Leight General Store
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Valentine Leight General Store, September 2014
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Location4566 Main St., House Springs, Missouri
Coordinates 38°24′37″N90°34′9″W / 38.41028°N 90.56917°W / 38.41028; -90.56917 Coordinates: 38°24′37″N90°34′9″W / 38.41028°N 90.56917°W / 38.41028; -90.56917
Arealess than one acre
Builtc. 1894 (1894)-1910
Architectural styleLate Victorian
NRHP reference No. 92001014 [1]
Added to NRHPAugust 18, 1992

Valentine Leight General Store, also known as V. Leight New Store, Leight Mercantile Co., and Garden of Eva, is a historic general store located at House Springs, Jefferson County, Missouri. It was built in three stages between about 1894 and 1910, and is a one- to two-story, frame building with Late Victorian style detailing. It is sheathed in weatherboard and measures 88 feet wide by 40 feet deep. [2] :5

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1992. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. Mary M. Stiritz (April 1992). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Valentine Leight General Store" (PDF). Missouri Department of Natural Resources. Retrieved 2017-01-01. (includes 8 photographs from 1991)