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Valentine Leight General Store

Coordinates: 38°24′37″N 90°34′9″W / 38.41028°N 90.56917°W / 38.41028; -90.56917
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Valentine Leight General Store
Valentine Leight General Store, September 2014
Valentine Leight General Store is located in Missouri
Valentine Leight General Store
Valentine Leight General Store is located in the United States
Valentine Leight General Store
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

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  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 2017-01-01. (includes 8 photographs from 1991)