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Lucketts Store in Lucketts, Virginia | |
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| Formation | August 1996 |
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| Headquarters | 42350 Lucketts Rd, Leesburg, VA 20176[1] |
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| Coordinates | 39°12′57″N 77°32′04″W / 39.21589768616899°N 77.53444623662152°W |
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| Website | www.luckettstore.com |
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The Lucketts Store is a home goods store and showroom located in Lucketts, Virginia, United States. It was built around 1904[a] and run by the eponymous Luckett family as the local general store and post office until its closure and abandonment in 1960. It was renovated in 1996 and reopened as an antique store, originally called Lucketts Store Antiques and The Old Lucketts Store. It markets "vintage hip" merchandise, with vendors supplying antiques as well as home and garden decor. A vintage-themed fair is hosted every October and May on the Clarke County Fairgrounds in Berryville, Virginia under the Lucketts name, and a design house is opened every November on the store property. Similar stores were later established in the area.
History
[edit]The Luckett family moved from Montgomery County to Loudoun County in 1786. The son of Thomas H. Luckett lived at the southwest corner of the crossroads now known as Lucketts.[2][3] The area post office was established in 1890 at Sam Luckett's Store, which was operated around the Civil War-era by local merchant Samuel C. Luckett, county sheriff from 1865–66.[4][5][6] In 1890,[b] his daughter Sarah J. "Sally" Luckett and her husband William H. Luckett moved from Waterford to what was already known as Luckett's Cross Roads and constructed their home and store at its northeast corner. The current store was built c. 1904[a] by their son Roger W. Luckett and run by him and his wife Mae Arnold Luckett as Luckett's Store and Post Office.[2][5][7]

The colonial-style store is two-and-a-half stories tall and wood-shingled. The first floor has period storefront windows and square brick columns supporting a recessed porch. It housed the community general store, with the post office operating out of a back corner. The upper floors, where the Lucketts lived, feature casement windows and shed dormers. The 12-room layout includes a glass-enclosed sunroom and a dining room with an integrated sideboard. The general store closed in 1945 when Roger fell ill. Mae, who had been his assistant since 1912, took over as postmistress after he died. She closed the post office in 1960 and was the last Luckett to live in Loudoun, her daughter residing in Florida.[1][2][5][8][9]

The building remained dilapidated to the extent that the local fire department would let it burn down in the event of a fire.[10] It is within the Catoctin Rural Historic District, which was listed on the Virginia Landmarks Register[11] on December 13, 1988 and nominated for the National Register of Historic Places. The building was cited in the nomination as the best preserved example of 20th century commercial structures in the district.[5] The nomination was approved by the Virginia Division of Historic Landmarks, but on March 20, 1989 the district was federally determined to be ineligible for the National Register.[12]
Later history
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Interior designer Suzanne Eblen and her husband Pat purchased the abandoned Luckett property on March 28, 1996.[9][13][14] The building was subsequently renovated and reopened as an antique store the following August.[15] Vendors supply and showcase items.[1] The idea of "vintage hip" or "bridg[ing] that gap with the old and new" was adopted in later years.[13] More recent items (primarily furniture, paintings, and garden ornaments[16]) are sold alongside antiques,[1][11] intending to create an environment reflective of the building's colonial design without entirely modernizing nor preserving it.[9][10]

The Eblens moved to Loudoun County in the early 1990s. Suzanne worked down the road from the former post office as a vendor at vintage store My Wit's End, which she bought in 1993 when its owners left the area. It is where she met Amy Whyte, a self-taught interior designer and vendor at the store who became her business partner. My Wit's End closed in 1996. The building remained in Suzanne's possession and was later let out to tenants. The Young Lucketts Vintage Store (shortened Young Lucketts Store or Young Lucketts[17][18]) was opened there on February 7, 2026 by her eldest son Wyatt and his wife Ashley, intending it to be a "bold" and "funky" twist on The Old Lucketts Store aimed towards younger consumers.[14][19][20][21]
Events
[edit]A fair, the Lucketts Spring Market, has been hosted by the Lucketts Store every third weekend of May since 1998,[22] where numerous vendors[23][24] (including those unaffiliated with the store) may showcase their vintage or "vintage-inspired" items.[25][26] The fair relocated in 2017 from the Lucketts Store and Lucketts Community Center to the Clarke County Fairgrounds in Berryville due to increasing demand.[23][27][28] No fair was held in May 2020 or 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. A new fair, the Lucketts Fall Market, was specially held in October 2021 as conditions improved, and upon its success a fair has been held every October and May since.[22] Tickets are required for entry.[24]
Other activities have been offered on the store property. A holiday-themed ticketed event has been hosted every November at a farmhouse of similar age and design to the store, referred to as the Holiday House.[29][30][31] As of 2018,[23] painting classes (using Amy Howard paint,[10][23][32] previously featured at the store and branded after the entrepreneur by the same name who is a past vendor at the Lucketts Spring Market[33][27][34]) as well as a "Succulents in a Teacup" workshop were offered by the staff.[35] The Holiday House was called the Design House and open on a monthly basis,[36] coinciding with an on-site monthly flea market, Lucketts Flea.[23][37] Aside from the annual Holiday House, these activities have not occurred for some time.[1][30][38]
Legacy
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Lucketts was named after the Luckett family, who featured prominently in the area.[4][5][11] It is known for its vintage emporiums,[39] many of which are adjacent to the Lucketts Store in similarly designed structures, including The Beekeeper's Cottage (open 1996–2020),[40][41] Foundry (opened in 2020),[42] and The Cottage (opened in 2005).[43] The store has advocated for the refinishing and painting of old furniture.[32] It has promoted local paint brands,[33] with one such brand naming a color "Lucketts Green" after the store's siding.[44] A nearby brewery named their American lager Lucketts Store Light and provides the store with wine for its events.[30][45]
Awards
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| Category | Years | Result |
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| Antique Store |
2018–20 [46][47][48] 2022–25 [49][50][51][52] |
Won |
| 2021, 2026 [53][54] |
Nominated |
| Category | Year | Nominees | Result | Ref. |
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| Antique Store |
2016 | 11 | Won | [55] |
| 2017 | 7 | [56] | ||
| 2018 | 35 | [57] | ||
| 2019 | 33 | Nominated | [58] | |
| 2020 | ? | Won | [59] | |
| 2021 | 5 | [60] | ||
| 2022 | 8 | [61] | ||
| 2023 | 4 | [62] | ||
| 2024 | 5 | [63] | ||
| 2025 | 7 | [64] |
Notes
[edit]- 1 2 Sources provide conflicting information on the store's construction, with possible years including 1879, 1904, 1910, and 1912. The historic district nomination states 1904, and could be considered more reliable.
- ↑ From the sources presently cited, it is difficult to discern if the construction of William and Sarah's store and the establishment of the post office at Sam Luckett's store are related beyond the year they occurred.
References
[edit]- 1 2 3 4 5 "About Lucketts Store". Lucketts Store. 2025-05-15. Retrieved 2026-03-04.
Lucketts Store [...] is a showroom [...] previously a community general store, a U.S. Post Office, and even a Lucketts family farmhouse, [...] Vintage Hip store that carries old and new furnishings and accessories for your home. [...] home to 25 vendors, [...] events throughout the year [...] Lucketts Spring and Fall Vintage Markets, held at the Clarke County Fairgrounds (Berryville, VA), [...] Lucketts Holiday Open House on premises [...] 42350 Lucketts Rd Leesburg VA 20176
- 1 2 3 4 Lucier, James P. (2007-11-29). "Mrs. Luckett's Garden" (PDF). The Thomas Balch Library Chronicle. p. 5. Retrieved 2026-07-18.
Everyone knew that she was the finest gardener in Loudoun County. [...] flower garden across the road. [...] one-acre garden [...] Luckett clan came [...] from Montgomery County in 1786, [...] T. H. Luckett had his home on the southwest corner of the crossroads. [...] William H. and Sally J. Luckett came [...] from Waterford in 1890 and built a house and a store on the northeast corner, which [...] had become known as Luckett's Cross Roads. [...] Roger met Mae Arnold, [...] Having married [...] Roger [...] built the new store in 1912 with a commodious 12-room house above, featuring a glassed-in sunroom [...] and a dining room with a built-in sideboard [...] When Roger died in 1944, Mae became postmistress. Lucketts Post Office closed in 1960. With the deaths of Roger and Mae, the Luckett clan disappeared from Loudoun.
- ↑ "Lucketts and the Old Carolina Road" (PDF). Lucketts News & Notes. No. Special Edition 2018. p. 2.
Lucketts itself dates to 1786, when Thomas H. Luckett [...] Where the Carolina Road intersected the Point of Rocks Turnpike—the crossroads that to this day forms the center of Lucketts—his son built a manor house on the southwest corner.
- 1 2 Chamberlin, Taylor M.; Souders, John M. (2011-09-29). Between Reb and Yank: A Civil War History of Northern Loudoun County, Virginia. McFarland. pp. 89, viii, 344, 345, 351. ISBN 978-0-7864-8934-3.
Mr. [Sam] Luckett has a few goods yet. [...] I went to Mr. Luckett's [store south of Taylorstown], [...] May–October 1865 [...] 1 June [...] north Loudoun merchant Samuel C. Luckett beat out former magistrate Gideon Householder for sheriff. [...] election for county sheriff held in May 1866. [...] against incumbent Samuel Luckett, [...] swept [...] into office
- 1 2 3 4 5 Edwards, David A.; Salmon, John S. (1988-12-13). "Catoctin Rural Historic District 1988 FINAL Nomination" (PDF). Virginia Department of Historic Resources. p. 43. Retrieved 2026-04-06.
early-twentieth-century commercial structures [...] The best preserved example is the Lucketts Store and Post Office [...] the 2 1/2-story frame building covered in wood shingles features a recessed porch supported by square brick columns, typical period storefront windows, casement windows on the second floor, and shed dormers. [...] Luckett's Cross Roads [...] was named for the Luckett family [...] that lived at the crossroads during the mid- and late nineteenth century. The Lucketts Post Office was established in 1890 at Sam Luckett's store, [...] present corner store was built by Roger Luckett in 1904, [...] Mae Arnold Luckett, wife of Roger Luckett, closed the post office in 1960 [...] Roger and Mae Luckett were the last Lucketts to live in Loudoun County.
- ↑ "Mirror, Volume 19, Number 42, 8 April 1875". The Mirror. 1875-04-08. p. 1. Retrieved 2026-04-06.
These lands are situated at Luckett's Store, on the Leesburg and Point of Rocks road, about eight miles from Leesburg, at the forks of the road from Waterford to Noland's Ferry.
- ↑ T., L. R. (1916-02-09). "Mrs. Sarah J. Luckett". Presbyterian of the South. p. 15. Retrieved 2026-07-19.
Mrs. Sarah J. Luckett, [...] daughter of Samuel C. Luckett and Mary B. Hamilton, [...] married to William H. Luckett, [...] two sons [...] elder Samuel C. Luckett [...] Roger W. Luckett succeeded to his father's business and is an influential merchant at Luckett, Va.
- 1 2 McDonald, Jean (1954-07-01). "Vanishing Charm of the Countryside Can Still Be Found in Lucketts, Va". Blue Ridge Herald. pp. 1, 7. Retrieved 2026-07-18.
Since the death of her husband in 1945, Mrs. Luckett has been Lucketts' postmistress. she was her husband's assistant in the post office, taking the position as far back as 1912. [...] the Lucketts also had a store but they gave it up during Mr. Luckett's illness. [...] the post office section [...] once occupied a corner in the back of the room [...] she has a [...] flower garden made on the old road bed [...] her home, which is above her store, [...] She has one daughter in Florida and one grandson.
- 1 2 3 "Loudoun County - Property Address Search". Loudoun.gov. 2026-03-19. Retrieved 2026-03-23.
- 1 2 3 "Vintage Hip: Lucketts Store Antiques". American Lifestyle. 2015-10-14. Retrieved 2026-03-04.
When she bought the [...] building in 1996, it was abandoned [...] the firehouse across the way had been instructed to let it burn to the ground and save everything around if it ever caught fire. [additional information transcribed from embedded video] it had all the bones [...] don't over-modernize the building [...] leave it alone, and let all of its character show through [...] don't want it to be like a museum, [...] don't want it to be like a modern house.
- 1 2 3 "Lucketts Virginia". Loudoun Historic Village Alliance. 2025-02-08. Retrieved 2026-04-26.
Lucketts is [...] in the center of the Catoctin Rural Historic District, one of the state's largest rural historic districts [...] listed on the Virginia Register. [...] The Lucketts Old Store, [sic] where Mrs. Luckett once served as postmistress, has been lovingly restored and now welcomes thousands of visitors hunting for antiques, home and garden decor.
- ↑ "Catoctin Rural Historic District – DHR". Virginia Department of Historic Resources. 2023-07-12. Retrieved 2026-04-12.
VLR Listing Date 12/13/1988 [...] VLR Listed Only; Federal Determination of Eligibility: 3/20/1989
- 1 2 Klavon, Dawn (2025-11-07). "Learn How the Owner of Lucketts Store Became a Pro Purveyor of Vintage-Hip Home Finds". Northern Virginia Magazine. Retrieved 2026-03-04.
In March of 1996, the Eblens purchased an abandoned three-story general store on the corner of Route 15 and Lucketts Road in Leesburg. [...] Originally stocked entirely with antiques, it has evolved into [...] what Eblen calls "vintage hip" [...] "We try to bridge that gap with the old and new,"
- 1 2 Scheps, Sophie (2016-09-05). "Staying with the trends key to Old Lucketts Store's 20-year endeavor". Loudoun Times-Mirror. Retrieved 2026-07-29.
Suzanne Eblen [...] an interior designer and curator of "vintage hip." [...] Eblen and her husband Pat moved to Loudoun County [...] in the early 1990s. [...] Eblen [...] became a vendor at a former Leesburg vintage store, My Wit's End. The owners moved out of the area and Eblen purchased the building in 1993. [...] In 1996, Eblen purchased the old Lucketts space,
- ↑ Eblen, Suzanne (2024-02-06). "Remembering the Humble Beginnings for Lucketts Store". Lucketts Store. Retrieved 2026-03-04.
March 1996, [...] my husband (Pat) and I purchased this beautiful project [...] August 1996: Working through the Virginia spring and summer, these were probably the busiest five months of mine and my husbands lives! But we ended up with a beautiful store (originally called The Old Lucketts Store)
- ↑ "Collections". Lucketts Store. Retrieved 2026-03-04.
- ↑ "Young Lucketts Store". Facebook. Retrieved 2026-04-18.
- ↑ "Young Lucketts (@younglucketts)". Instagram. Retrieved 2026-04-17.
- ↑ Pipkin, Whitney (2020-02-26). "The Lucketts Ladies". Virginia Living. Retrieved 2026-04-15.
Suzanne "Suze" Eblen [...] and her business partner, Amy Whyte, [...] The pair met when Whyte became a regular at My Wit's End, a small shop Eblen used to run up the road in Lucketts. [...] turned into a budding business relationship when Whyte designed a small corner of the store.
- ↑ Klavon, Dawn (2025-12-09). "Young Lucketts Vintage Store Hopes to Attract a New Generation". Northern Virginia Magazine. Retrieved 2026-04-13.
Suzanne Eblen's son Wyatt, and his wife, Ashley, are preparing to open the Young Lucketts Vintage Store [...] once housed Suzanne's first shop, called My Wits End, from 1994 until 1996. [...] eldest son Wyatt [...] still owned by Suzanne, [...] Young Lucketts will feature [...] funky pieces aimed at a younger crowd [...] The building was painted black by a previous tenant;
- ↑ Klavon, Dawn (2026-02-06). "Find New Treasures at Young Lucketts Vintage Store". Northern Virginia Magazine. Retrieved 2026-04-13.
Young Lucketts Vintage Store opens Saturday, February 7. [...] "Bold is the word that keeps coming to mind," Wyatt says.
- 1 2 Eblen, Suzanne (2026-01-06). "Our Journey". The Lucketts Store. Retrieved 2026-03-06.
In 1998, [...] we decided to host our first fair in the parking lot of the Lucketts community center. [...] could no longer host the fair on our property [...] found our new home in Berryville, Virginia, the Clarke County Fairgrounds! [...] Since 2017 [...] Since its inception, the fair had always been once a year, in May, but in 2020 and 2021 that just wasn't possible due to the pandemic. By fall 2021 things seemed to be improving enough that we decided to try our first ever October event! [...] what about the May fair? We're doing that too!
- 1 2 3 4 5 Koncius, Jura (2018-05-04). "Suzanne Eblen and Amy Whyte of The Old Lucketts Store on vintage finds - Home Front". The Washington Post. ISSN 0190-8286. Retrieved 2026-04-10.
the market, with about 200 dealers, will be held [...] at the Clarke County Fairgrounds in Berryville, Va. [...] how you [sic] get your inspiration for the monthly Design Houses? [...] That's actually why we started our market, there really aren't any in the mid-atlantic area [...] have a smaller, monthly flea market on the Lucketts Store grounds on the same schedule as our Design House. [...] We offer Amy Howard paint classes at the Lucketts Store.
- 1 2 Gholson, Jamie (2025-07-24). "Don't Miss Out on Tickets to the Lucketts Fall Market". Northern Virginia Magazine. Retrieved 2026-04-13.
Tickets to [...] Lucketts Fall Market go on sale [...] the event will showcase more than 200 [...] "vintage hip" vendors
- ↑ "Vendor Application". The Lucketts Store. 2026-01-06. Retrieved 2026-03-06.
All items must be vintage or vintage-inspired.
- ↑ "Lucketts Spring Market Set for May 15-17". Alexandria Living Magazine. 2026-04-14. Retrieved 2026-05-05.
- 1 2 "Lucketts Spring Market moves to Clarke County Fairgrounds May 19-21". InsideNoVA. 2017-05-12. Retrieved 2026-03-17.
Lucketts [...] Spring Market will be moving to Clarke County Fairgrounds in Berryville [...] "Vintage Hip" vendors [...] Amy Howard of Amy Howard paint,
- ↑ "Lucketts Spring Market Moving to Clarke County". Loudoun Now. 2017-02-16. Retrieved 2026-03-15.
the decision has been made to stage the annual event at the Clarke County Fairgrounds in Berryville,
- ↑ Roth, Maggie (2025-08-29). "Tickets for the Lucketts Holiday House Go on Sale Soon". Northern Virginia Magazine. Retrieved 2026-05-05.
- 1 2 3 "Lucketts Holiday House". Lucketts Store. 2026-06-25. Retrieved 2026-06-28.
Lucketts Holiday House [...] our 100-year-old farmhouse, located on the grounds at Lucketts Store. Each November, [...] this simple structure transforms into a holiday wonderland. [...] relax by the fire with a glass of wine, from our friends at Vanish Brewery. [...] This is a ticketed event.
- ↑ Rock, Kristin (2020-12-01). "Lucketts Store's Holiday House: Behind the Scenes of a Year-Long Effort to Deck the Halls". NOVA Lifestyle. Retrieved 2026-05-05 – via City Lifestyle.
- 1 2 Altaleb, Omama (2016-05-17). "Making the old new: Local antique store gives old furniture a facelift, and you can too". WTOP News. Retrieved 2026-05-05.
- 1 2 "The Old Lucketts Store | Vintage Hip". The Old Lucketts Store. Archived from the original on 2013-12-31. Retrieved 2026-04-18.
we stock Amy Howard paints in our store
- ↑ "Meet Amy Howard". Amy Howard At Home. 2025-12-23. Retrieved 2026-04-11.
- ↑ Hoffer, Audrey (2016-10-07). "A Loudoun County fall getaway: Fair, farms and fun". The Washington Post. ISSN 0190-8286. Retrieved 2026-04-10.
They also have classes, ranging from painting techniques to the more whimsical Succulents in a Teacup workshop.
- ↑ Bianco, Katie (2018-11-02). "The Old Lucketts Store has become a NoVA Christmas destination". Northern Virginia Magazine. Retrieved 2026-05-06.
Whyte, a self-trained interior designer, completely makes over the two-story, multi-bedroom house nearly every month
- ↑ Editorial (2014-05-06). "Spring Market at the Old Lucketts Store". Northern Virginia Magazine. Retrieved 2026-05-31.
This spring we have also added Lucketts Flea, a fun outdoor market that will coincide with our Design House weekends.
- ↑ Dastour, Aliyah (2024-03-28). "Suzanne Eblen Owner of The Old Lucketts Store". The Alimond Show (Podcast). Spotify. Quote occurs at 30:51. Retrieved 2026-06-29.
we used to do the Design House every month where the Holiday House is now, we don't do that anymore.
- ↑ "Lucketts, VA: Antique Shops, Wineries & Farm Stands". Visit Loudoun. 2023-12-19. Retrieved 2026-04-13.
Famous for its antique emporiums, [...] Lucketts [...] roadside vintage stores,
- ↑ "-About Us-". Beekeeper's Cottage. Archived from the original on 2019-10-14. Retrieved 2026-04-26.
Our retail store was established in 1996 [...] in the village of Lucketts.
- ↑ "After 22 Fun-Filled Years..." Beekeeper's Cottage. 2020-06-21. Archived from the original on 2020-12-04. Retrieved 2026-04-26.
we are closing the doors of our beautiful cottage [...] Posted on June 21, 2020
- ↑ Gambrell, Holly (2020-10-30). "This longtime DC designer just opened her first shop in Northern Virginia". Northern Virginia Magazine. Retrieved 2026-04-26.
- ↑ "The Cottage". Visit Loudoun. 2023-08-31. Retrieved 2026-04-26.
The Cottage has been around since 2005.
- ↑ Miss Mustard Seed's Milk Paint Team (2023-03-01). "Lucketts Green". Miss Mustard Seed's Milk Paint. Retrieved 2026-06-28.
This Spring green was inspired by the color of the cedar shake siding on the Old Lucketts Store.
- ↑ "Beer & Wine". Vanish Farmwoods Brewery. 2019-01-02. Retrieved 2026-05-31.
Lucketts Store Light American Lager
- ↑ "Best of Loudoun 2018". Loudoun Times-Mirror. 2018-03-28. p. 52. Retrieved 2026-04-13.
- ↑ "Best of Loudoun 2019". Loudoun Times-Mirror. 2019-03-01. p. 49. Retrieved 2026-03-06.
- ↑ "Best of Loudoun Winners 2020". Loudoun Times-Mirror. Retrieved 2026-03-05.
- ↑ "Best of Loudoun Winners 2022". Loudoun Times-Mirror. Retrieved 2026-03-05.
- ↑ "Best of Loudoun Winners 2023". Loudoun Times-Mirror. Retrieved 2026-03-05.
- ↑ "Best of Loudoun 2024". Loudoun Times-Mirror. Retrieved 2026-03-05.
- ↑ "Best of Loudoun 2025". Loudoun Times-Mirror. Retrieved 2026-03-05.
- ↑ "Best of Loudoun Winners 2021". Loudoun Times-Mirror. Retrieved 2026-03-05.
- ↑ "Best of Loudoun 2026". Loudoun Times-Mirror. Retrieved 2026-07-20.
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- ↑ "Loudoun's Favorites 2018: The Readers' Recommendations". Loudoun Now. 2018-07-26. Retrieved 2026-03-05.
- ↑ "Loudoun's Favorites 2019: The Results". Loudoun Now. 2019-07-25. Retrieved 2026-03-05.
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