Sibley's and James Store Historic District is a national historic district located at Mathews, Mathews County, Virginia. It encompasses two contributing buildings, known variously as the Sibley Brothers General Store (1899), the separately listed Old Thomas James Store (c. 1810), and The Old Store. One of the buildings consists of two sections that were originally two separate buildings, but is now connected to Sibley's by a hyphen. The Sibley's General Store was constructed in 1899, and is a 2+1⁄2-story folk Victorian wood-frame building with a full front porch, weatherboard exterior cladding, and wood-shingle decoration at the eaves. It is connected by a hyphen to a one-story, wood-frame building built about 1840.[3]
Sibley's and James Store Historic District | |
 Front of the Sibley store | |
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| Location | 239 Main St. (Main and Maple Sts.), Mathews, Virginia |
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| Coordinates | 37°26′1″N 76°19′15″W / 37.43361°N 76.32083°W |
| Area | 0.1 acres (0.040 ha) |
| Built | 1810 |
| NRHP reference No. | 10000093[1] |
| VLR No. | 057-5049 |
| Significant dates | |
| Added to NRHP | March 24, 2010 |
| Designated VLR | December 17, 2009[2] |
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2010.[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 June 5, 2013.
- ^ Laurie P. Whiteway (July 2009). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Sibley's and James Store Historic District" (PDF). Virginia Department of Historic Resources. and Accompanying six photos and Accompanying map