Fennimore Store is a historic commercial building located at Leipsic, Kent County, Delaware. It was built between 1840 and 1860, and is a two-story, hipped roofed frame structure clad in weatherboard siding. It features a full-width porch on two sides. It is representative of mid-19th-century commercial vernacular architecture. It has housed a general store, grocery and gas station, muskrat skinner's store and antique shop at various periods.[2]

Fennimore Store
Fennimore Store, September 2012
Fennimore Store is located in Delaware
Fennimore Store
Fennimore Store is located in the United States
Fennimore Store
LocationMain, Lombard, and Front Sts., Leipsic, Delaware
Coordinates39°14′27″N 75°30′51″W / 39.24083°N 75.51417°W / 39.24083; -75.51417
Area0.1 acres (0.040 ha)
Built1840 (1840)-1860
MPSLeipsic and Little Creek MRA
NRHP reference No.82002314[1]
Added to NRHPMay 24, 1982

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982.[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. ^ Stephen Del Sordo; et al. (November 1980). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Fennimore Store". National Park Service. and accompanying photo