Keokee Store No. 1

Cty Rd. 606, Keokee, Virginia. County/parish: Lee.

Added to the National Register of Historic Places April 30, 2007. NRIS 07000397.

1 contributing building.

Also known as:

  • Darnell's Store
  • Keokee High School Gymnasium
  • VDHR 052-0066

From Wikipedia:

Keokee Store No. 1

Keokee Store No. 1, also known as the Keokee High School Gymnasium and Darnell's Store, is a historic company store located at Keokee, Lee County, Virginia. It was built in 1910, by the Stonega Coke and Coal Company, and is two-story, gambrel-roofed stone building that has been altered both internally and externally from a community store into a school gymnasium. It was significantly modified in 1939, and the modifications continued through 1954. The building serves as a facility for athletic, educational, and entertainment activities.

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2007.

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National Park Service documentation: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/41681492

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