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Hite Store

Coordinates: 37°43′6.5″N 79°4′1″W / 37.718472°N 79.06694°W / 37.718472; -79.06694
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Hite Store
Front of the store
Hite Store is located in Virginia
Hite Store
Hite Store is located in the United States
Hite Store
Location0.25 miles (0.40 km) south of the junction of Lowesville and Woodson Roads at Lowesville, Virginia
Coordinates37°43′6.5″N 79°4′1″W / 37.718472°N 79.06694°W / 37.718472; -79.06694
Area2.7 acres (1.1 ha)
Built1869 (1869)
Architectural styleGreek Revival
NRHP reference No.97000487[1]
VLR No.005-0058
Significant dates
Added to NRHPJune 6, 1997
Designated VLRMarch 19, 1997[2]

Hite Store, also known as Riverview, is a historic general store in Lowesville, Amherst County, Virginia. It was built in 1869, and is a two-story, L-shaped brick building in the Greek Revival style. It has a hipped roof and features a full-width porch. Contributing outbuildings are three frame-constructed, gable-roofed and weatherboard-clad one-story buildings, and a gable-roofed log barn.[3]

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1997.[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. ^ "Virginia Landmarks Register". Virginia Department of Historic Resources. Retrieved 2013-05-12.
  3. ^ Susan E. Smead (January 1997). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Hite Store" (PDF). and Accompanying photo