Valentine Leight General Store Explained

Valentine Leight General Store
Coordinates:38.4103°N -90.5692°W
Built:c. -1910
Architecture:Late Victorian
Added:August 18, 1992
Area:less than one acre
Refnum:92001014

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.[1]

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

Notes and References

  1. Web site: National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Valentine Leight General Store. 2017-01-01. Mary M. Stiritz. PDF. April 1992. National Park Service. (includes 8 photographs from 1991)