Eastville Mercantile

16429 Courthouse rd., Eastville, Virginia. County/parish: Northampton.

Added to the National Register of Historic Places January 20, 2005. NRIS 04001540.

1 contributing building.

Also known as:

  • DHR File No. 214-0040
  • DHR File Number 214-5001
  • Eastville Drugstore
  • Potential Eastville Historic District

From Wikipedia:

Eastville Mercantile

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. 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.

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

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National Park Service documentation: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/41682232

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