Hopkins and Brother Store

Historic commercial building in Virginia, United States

United States historic place

Significant dates

Hopkins and Brother Store
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
U.S. Historic district Contributing property
Virginia Landmarks Register

Hopkins and Brother Store, April 2013
37°42′44″N 75°45′20″W / 37.71222°N 75.75556°W / 37.71222; -75.75556
Area	less than one acre
Built	1842 (1842)
Part of	Onancock Historic District (ID92001266)
NRHP reference No.	69000217^[1]
VLR No.	273-0002
Added to NRHP	November 12, 1969
Designated CP	October 8, 1992
Designated VLR	May 13, 1969^[2]

Hopkins and Brother Store is a historic commercial building located at Onancock, Accomack County, Virginia. It is a simple frame structure consisting of a two-storey block with a slightly lower two-storey ell and lean-to. The building features corner pilasters, a bracketed cornice, and one "Gothic" window in the attic. Hopkins and Brother was founded in 1842 by Captain Stephen Hopkins. The business remained in the hands of the Hopkins family until it was discontinued in 1965. The business served as one of the commercial and maritime trading centers of the Eastern Shore. Detailed records of the store exist from 1839 to 1965 and have been donated to the Virginia Historical Society.^[3]

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1969.^[1] It is located in the Onancock Historic District.

The store is currently a restaurant, Mallards at the Wharf.

References

^ ^a ^b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
^ "Virginia Landmarks Register". Virginia Department of Historic Resources. Retrieved May 12, 2013.
^ Virginia Historic Landmarks Commission (June 1969). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Hopkins and Brother Store" (PDF). Commonwealth of Virginia, Department of Historic Resources. and Accompanying photo