The Kamp Store is a historic general store building located at the northeast corner of Oak and Broadway in

Kampsville Kampsville is a village in Calhoun County, Illinois, United States, located on the west bank of the Illinois River. The population was 310 at the 2022 census. Name Kampsville was originally known as ''Beeman's Landing'', after James L. Beeman, a ...

, Illinois, United States. Joseph Kamp, the son of the founder of Kampsville, opened the store in 1902. The two-story wood-frame building features a false front with decorative metalwork. The store provided Kampsville residents with a wide variety of goods, ranging from small household items to automobiles and heavy farming equipment. St. Louis-based suppliers shipped the store its goods via Mississippi River barges. Kamp operated the store until his death in 1952; the store served as a grocery store until the 1970s and later became a carpet store. The

Center for American Archeology The Center for American Archeology, or CAA, is an independent non-profit 501(c)(3) research and education institution located in Kampsville, Illinois, USA, near the Illinois River. It is dedicated to the exploration of the culture of prehistori ...

purchased the building in 1991 and now uses it as its Visitor's Center and Museum. The building was added to the National Register of Historic Places on February 4, 1994.

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Commercial buildings on the National Register of Historic Places in Illinois Buildings designated early commercial in the National Register of Historic Places Commercial buildings completed in 1902 Buildings and structures in Calhoun County, Illinois Museums in Calhoun County, Illinois National Register of Historic Places in Calhoun County, Illinois {{Illinois-museum-stub