Valentine Leight General Store

Valentine Leight General Store
Valentine Leight General Store, September 2014
Location4566 Main St., House Springs, Missouri
Coordinates38°24′37″N 90°34′9″W / 38.41028°N 90.56917°W / 38.41028; -90.56917
Arealess than one acre
Builtc. 1894 (1894)-1910
Architectural styleLate Victorian
NRHP reference No.92001014[1]
Added to NRHPAugust 18, 1992

The Valentine Leight General Store, also known as V. Leight New Store, Leight Mercantile Co., and Garden of Eva, is a historic general store located at House Springs, Jefferson County, Missouri. It was built in three stages between about 1894 and 1910, and is a one- to two-story, frame building with Late Victorian style detailing. It is sheathed in weatherboard and measures 88 feet wide by 40 feet deep.[2]: 5 

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1992.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. ^ Mary M. Stiritz (April 1992). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Valentine Leight General Store" (PDF). National Park Service. Retrieved January 1, 2017. (includes 8 photographs from 1991)