Pyne, Q.M., Store
Also known as: Palisades Restaurant
Why it's listed
Two attached brick buildings at the heart of Eggleston, a small village on the New River in Giles County, Virginia, make up the former Q.M. Pyne Store. The north building, three stories tall, was finished in 1926 for the Whittaker family's general store. A two-story building to the south followed about 1929 and housed a Chevrolet dealership and repair shop. Both are built into a hillside and follow the plain Commercial Style, with flat roofs, parapets, sign tablets and large windowed storefronts. Inside, the main floor keeps its pressed-tin ceiling, custom wooden shelving and a 15-foot general store counter. Over time the buildings also held a post office and a doctor's office. The Pyne family ran the store from the late 1930s until it closed in 2000. The property was listed for its architecture, as a well-preserved example of an interwar small-town general store. The buildings have been largely vacant, and conversion to a restaurant is under way.
Significance in brief: The nomination argues the store is an excellent example of a two-part, Commercial Style small-town commercial building from the period between the World Wars. It is one of the best-preserved general stores in a sparsely populated rural county. Its spacious, adaptable design and sturdy construction allowed many generations of continued use for several functions.
Machine-generated summary. This summary was generated by a language model from the official nomination document and has not been reviewed line by line by an editor. It may contain errors. Check the source document before relying on any detail. Source: nomination document (PDF) · National Archives catalog entry. NRHP reference 09000121, listed March 13, 2009. Summary generated October 2026 (model claude-sonnet-5-5, prompt v1.0-2026-10-29, confidence high).
Key facts
| Address | 168 Village St., Eggleston |
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| County | Giles County |
| Listed | March 13, 2009 |
| Reference number | 09000121 |
| Resource type | Building |
| Period of significance | 1926-ca. 1929 |
| Architectural style | Commercial Style |
| Criteria |
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| Areas of significance | Architecture |
| Level of significance | Local |
| Status (as stated in the nomination) | Largely vacant for several years, with work in progress to convert the buildings into a restaurant while retaining the exterior appearance and the interior plan and historic finishes. |
| Acreage | 0.9 |
| Coordinates | 37.28770, -80.61827 (NPS GIS) |
What listing means for this property
For an income-producing building, listing (individually or as a contributing building in a district) is the gateway to the 20% federal rehabilitation tax credit on qualified rehabilitation costs, often stackable with state credits. Work claiming the credit must follow the Secretary of the Interior's Standards and be approved in advance.
Listing does not restrict a private owner acting without federal money or permits; where federal funding or licensing is involved, Section 106 review applies.
Noted as vacant in the nomination. Nomination documents can be decades old; current status may differ. If you are considering buying an empty listed property, read the due-diligence checklist.
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Sources and further reading
- National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places database (snapshot May 2026), reference 09000121.
- Nomination form (PDF, National Archives) — catalog entry
- Wikipedia article (used for cross-checking only; text not reproduced here)
- Wikidata Q14713108
- This listing as JSON
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