Sibley's and James Store Historic District

Sibley's and James Store Historic District
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
U.S. Historic district
Virginia Landmarks Register
Front of the Sibley store
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Location	239 Main St. (Main and Maple Sts.), Mathews, Virginia
Coordinates	37°26′1″N 76°19′15″W
Area	0.1 acres (0.040 ha)
Built	1810 (1810)
NRHP reference No.	10000093[1]
VLR No.	057-5049
Significant dates
Added to NRHP	March 24, 2010
Designated VLR	December 17, 2009[2]

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]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2010.^[1]

References

1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
2. "Virginia Landmarks Register". Virginia Department of Historic Resources. Retrieved June 5, 2013.
3. 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