{"nrhp_refnum":"07000768","name":"Edom Store and Post Office","other_names":["John Chrisman Store","Myres &amp","Co.","VDHR File No. 082-0112"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"5375 Jesse Bennett Way","address_restricted":false,"city":"Edom","county":"Rockingham County","state":"VA","lat":38.52546276600003,"lon":-78.85920491399997,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2007-07-24","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture","Commerce"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-story brick combined store, post office and residence at 5375 Jesse Bennett Way in the village of Edom, Rockingham County, Virginia, believed built in 1835, with a ca. 1900 frame barn behind it.","why_significant":"The building is described as a long-serving country store and post office that was also a residence, with notable brickwork and interior finishes in transitional Federal-Greek Revival style. It is tied to merchants such as the Swank family and John W. Myers, whose business served Edom into the 1930s. Its surviving decorative finishes and store features reflect local commerce and domestic life over a century.","narrative":"Standing in the village of Edom in Rockingham County, Virginia, this two-story brick building served for generations as a general store, post office and family home. Believed to date from 1835, it has a five-bay front, a metal gable roof, and a long rear ell. A storefront and entry porch were added in the late nineteenth century. Flemish bond brickwork, a molded brick cornice, and Greek Revival door surrounds mark the exterior, while the interior features a carved stair, elaborate mantels and a wide range of painted finishes and wallpapers. A ca. 1900 barn stands behind. The property is associated with the Swank family and, from 1902, with merchant John W. Myers, who sold general goods, bought country produce, and ran a huckster wagon. The post office remained until it moved to Burruss Mill by 1938. The building was later converted partly to an apartment and is now in need of work.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Federal; Greek Revival; Italianate","criteria":[],"status_note":"Current function listed as work in progress; parts of the building show deterioration, such as fallen plaster, plywood-covered windows and a sagging wall.","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:52:03.177357-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/81/6834/41683481/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_VA/07000768.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/07000768/e68525f628-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/07000768/e68525f628-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Kevin M. Byrne","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Edom_Store_and_PO,_VA_01_2014-09-13.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Kevin M. Byrne</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 3.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Edom_Store_and_PO,_VA_01_2014-09-13.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/41683481","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edom_Store_and_Post_Office","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q15216114"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/virginia/rockingham-county/edom-store-and-post-office-07000768/"}