Keokee Store No. 1

{{short description|Historic commercial building in Virginia, United States}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=January 2025}}

{{Infobox NRHP

| name = Keokee Store No. 1

| nrhp_type =

| designated_other1 = Virginia Landmarks Register

| designated_other1_date = March 7, 2007{{cite web|title=Virginia Landmarks Register|url=http://www.dhr.virginia.gov/registers/register_counties_cities.htm|publisher=Virginia Department of Historic Resources|accessdate=5 June 2013}}

| designated_other1_number = 052-0066

| designated_other1_num_position = bottom

| image = Keokee Store No. 1 Rear.jpg

| caption =

| location = Cty Rd. 606, Keokee, Virginia

| coordinates = {{coord|36|51|49|N|82|54|01|W|display=inline,title}}

| locmapin = Virginia#USA

| built = {{Start date|1910}}, 1939

| architect OR builder =

| architecture = Bungalow/craftsman

| added = April 30, 2007

| area = {{convert|1.2|acre}}

| refnum = 07000397{{NRISref|version=2010a}}

}}

Keokee Store No. 1, also known as the Keokee High School Gymnasium and Darnell's Store, is a historic company store located at Keokee, Lee County, Virginia. It was built in 1910, by the Stonega Coke and Coal Company, and is two-story, gambrel-roofed stone building that has been altered both internally and externally from a community store into a school gymnasium. It was significantly modified in 1939, and the modifications continued through 1954. The building serves as a facility for athletic, educational, and entertainment activities.{{cite web |url=http://www.dhr.virginia.gov/registers/Counties/Lee/052-0066_KeokeeStore_2007_%20NRfinal.pdf|title=National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Keokee Store No. 1|author=W. Eugene Cox, Joyce Cox and Michael J. Pulice| date=July 2006|publisher=Virginia Department of Historic Resources}} and [http://www.dhr.virginia.gov/registers/Counties/Lee/052-0066_Photos.htm Accompanying five photos]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2007.

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