{"nrhp_refnum":"94000027","name":"Kamp Store","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"Jct. of Oak and Broadway, NE corner","address_restricted":false,"city":"Kampsville","county":"Calhoun County","state":"IL","lat":39.29830825400006,"lon":-90.61035338299996,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1994-02-04","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Commerce"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-story wood-frame commercial building at the northeast corner of Oak and Broadway in Kampsville, Calhoun County, Illinois, built in 1902 by Joseph A. Kamp of the village's founding family, with a contributing rear storage shed.","why_significant":"The store is significant under Criterion A for its role in the commercial development of Kampsville. It was a general store that served a river-landing community, supplying goods shipped by steamboat and barge. Joseph A. Kamp was its only proprietor from 1902 until his death in 1952.","narrative":"Built in 1902 at the corner of Oak and Broadway in Kampsville, Illinois, this two-story wood-frame building housed a general store below and the family home of merchant Joseph A. Kamp above. Its three-story false metal front carries ornate decorative metalwork, and the interior retains original pressed-metal ceiling panels. A wood storage shed stands behind it. The Kamp family founded the village, and the store grew up alongside the Illinois River landing, where steamboats and barges delivered goods from St. Louis. Customers could buy everything from needles to threshing machines and automobiles, and barter was accepted. Kamp ran the business until his death in 1952, after which it operated as a grocery until the early 1970s, then as a carpet store, and then stood empty. The Center for American Archeology bought it in 1991 and now uses the upper floor as dormitory space and the ground floor as a lecture hall and laboratory. The building was recognized for its role in local commerce between 1902 and 1943.","period_of_significance":"1902-1943","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Commercial Style","criteria":["A"],"status_note":"Now owned by a research organization and used as student dormitory space on the second floor, with a lecture hall and laboratory on the main floor. It stood empty after a stint as a carpet store.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:55:37.788098-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/62/8917/28891762/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_IL/94000027.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/94000027/7c671090f9-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/94000027/7c671090f9-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"Nyttend","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Kamp_Store.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Nyttend</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Kamp_Store.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/28891762","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kamp_Store","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q16893073"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/illinois/calhoun-county/kamp-store-94000027/"}