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Eastville Mercantile

Coordinates: 37°21′16″N 75°56′46″W / 37.35444°N 75.94611°W / 37.35444; -75.94611
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Eastville Mercantile
Building in 2013
Eastville Mercantile is located in Virginia
Eastville Mercantile
Eastville Mercantile is located in the United States
Eastville Mercantile
Location16429 Courthouse Rd., Eastville, Virginia
Coordinates37°21′16″N 75°56′46″W / 37.35444°N 75.94611°W / 37.35444; -75.94611
Area1.1 acres (0.45 ha)
Builtc. 1850 (1850)
Built byLyons, James
Architectural styleMid 19th Century vernacular
NRHP reference No.04001540[1]
VLR No.214-5001
Significant dates
Added to NRHPJanuary 20, 2005
Designated VLRDecember 1, 2004[2]

Eastville Mercantile, also known as Eastville Drugstore, is a historic commercial building located at Eastville, Northampton County, Virginia. It was built about 1850, and is a two-story, rectangular frame building located in the center of the town's historic main thoroughfare. It measures 18 feet wide by 50 feet deep and has a front gable roof with unadorned bargeboard. It is in the form of a traditional Chesapeake store.[3] The first floor contains a large rectangular sales room and a small counting room, while the second floor contains a storage room and an apartment.[4]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2005.[1] It is located in the Eastville Historical District.

References

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  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. ^ "Virginia Landmarks Register". Virginia Department of Historic Resources. Archived from the original on September 21, 2013. Retrieved June 5, 2013.
  3. ^ James Charles Sturgis (September 2004). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Eastville Mercantile" (PDF). Virginia Department of Historic Resources. and Accompanying four photos
  4. ^ "214-5001 Eastville Mercantile". www.dhr.virginia.gov. Retrieved February 21, 2022.