James Brown's Dry Goods Store

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.[3]

Interior of the building in 2013

James Brown's Dry Goods Store
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
U.S. Historic district Contributing property
Virginia Landmarks Register
Building in 2013
Location	16464 Courthouse Rd., Eastville, Virginia
Coordinates	37°21′6″N 75°56′51″W
Area	less than one acre
Built	c. 1880
Architectural style	Stick/eastlake
NRHP reference No.	02000321[1]
VLR No.	214-0039
Significant dates
Added to NRHP	April 1, 2002
Designated VLR	September 12, 2001[2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2001.[1] It is located in the Eastville Historical District.

References

1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
2. "Virginia Landmarks Register". Virginia Department of Historic Resources. Retrieved 5 June 2013.
3. Ariel Skelley (June 2001). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: James Brown's Dry Goods Store" (PDF). Virginia Department of Historic Resources. and Accompanying photo