James Brown's Dry Goods Store Explained

James Brown's Dry Goods Store
Nrhp Type:cp
Nocat:yes
Designated Other1:Virginia Landmarks Register
Designated Other1 Date:September 12, 2001[1]
Designated Other1 Number:214-0039
Designated Other1 Num Position:bottom
Location:16464 Courthouse Rd., Eastville, Virginia
Coordinates:37.3517°N -75.9475°W
Built:c.
Architecture:Stick/eastlake
Added:April 1, 2002
Area:less than one acre
Refnum:02000321

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.[2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2001. It is located in the Eastville Historical District.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Virginia Landmarks Register. Virginia Department of Historic Resources. 5 June 2013.
  2. Web site: National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: James Brown's Dry Goods Store . Ariel Skelley . June 2001 . Virginia Department of Historic Resources. and Accompanying photo