Nance-Major House and Store is a historic home and country store located across from the Charles City County Courthouse in Charles City, Virginia, United States. The Nance-Major Store, built around 1872, is a two-story, three-bay, gable-front frame building supported by a brick pier foundation. The Nance-Major House was built about 1869, and is an L-shaped, 2+1⁄2-story, post-and-beam-frame dwelling covered with painted horizontal weatherboard. It features a steeply pitched, front-gabled roof and a two-story, three-bay, full-width porch. Additional structures on the property include a contributing smokehouse, a grain barn, a tool shed, and a garage. The store was in operation from 1874 until 1963.[3]
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| Location | 10811 Courthouse Rd., Charles City, Virginia |
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| Coordinates | 37°20′39″N 77°04′25″W / 37.34417°N 77.07361°W |
| Area | 7.7 acres (3.1 ha) |
| Built | 1869, 1872 |
| Built by | Nance, Benjamin Albert; Nance-Major, Edward and Julia |
| Architectural style | Greek Revival |
| NRHP reference No. | 06000707[1] |
| VLR No. | 018-0078 |
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| Added to NRHP | August 16, 2006 |
| Designated VLR | June 18, 2006[2] |
The Nance-Major House and Store was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2006.[1]
References
edit- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ "Virginia Landmarks Register". Virginia Department of Historic Resources. Retrieved 5 June 2013.
- ^ Nancy W. Kraus (March 2006). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Nance-Major House and Store" (PDF). and Accompanying four photos