Valentine Leight General Store

Valentine Leight General Store
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Valentine Leight General Store, September 2014
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Location	4566 Main St., House Springs, Missouri
Coordinates	38°24′37″N90°34′9″W / 38.41028°N 90.56917°W / 38.41028; -90.56917
Area	less than one acre
Built	c. 1894 (1894)-1910
Architectural style	Late Victorian
NRHP reference No.	92001014 [1]
Added to NRHP	August 18, 1992

The 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]

References

1. "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). National Park Service . Retrieved January 1, 2017. (includes 8 photographs from 1991)