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Built
  
1850 (1850)

VLR #
  
041-0007

Opened
  
1850

Added to NRHP
  
22 January 1996

NRHP Reference #
  
95001557

Designated VLR
  
October 18, 1995

Area
  
2,000 m²

Brooklyn Store and Post Office

Location
  
SR 659 N side, 0.1 mi. W of jct. with SR 820, Brooklyn, Virginia

Architectural style
  
Greek Revival architecture

Brooklyn Store and Post Office is a historic country store and post office located at Brooklyn, Halifax County, Virginia. It was built about 1850, and is a two-story, frame building. It features a Greek Revival pedimented front gable with its flush-board tympanum. The store operated in conjunction with the nearby Brooklyn Tobacco Factory, serving the small community of Brooklyn and surrounding farms. The store and post office remained in operation until 1903.

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1996.

References

Brooklyn Store and Post Office Wikipedia


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