Benjamin's Department Store, also known as Peebles Department Store, is a historic commercial building located at

Exmore Exmore is the largest town in Northampton County on the Eastern Shore of the U.S. state of Virginia. The population was 1,460 at the 2010 census. A popular story is that Exmore received its name because it is the tenth railroad station south of ...

Northampton County, Virginia Northampton County is a county located in the Commonwealth of Virginia. As of the 2020 census, the population was 12,282. Its county seat is Eastville. Northampton and Accomack Counties are a part of the larger Eastern Shore of Virginia. Th ...

. It was built about 1910, and is a three-story, brick building in the

Italianate The Italianate style was a distinct 19th-century phase in the history of Classical architecture. Like Palladianism and Neoclassicism, the Italianate style drew its inspiration from the models and architectural vocabulary of 16th-century Italia ...

style located at the most prominent corner at the core of the town. It features a metal cornice and storefronts on the west and south elevations. an
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National Register of Historic Places The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the United States federal government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures and objects deemed worthy of preservation for their historical significance or "great artist ...

in 2006.

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Commercial buildings on the National Register of Historic Places in Virginia Italianate architecture in Virginia Commercial buildings completed in 1910 Buildings and structures in Northampton County, Virginia National Register of Historic Places in Northampton County, Virginia Department stores on the National Register of Historic Places 1910 establishments in Virginia Exmore, Virginia {{NorthamptonCountyVA-NRHP-stub