| Lucketts Store | |
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Lucketts Store in Lucketts, Virginia | |
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| Etymology | Luckett's Store |
General information | |
| Type | Retail store |
Architectural style | Shingle |
| Location | Lucketts, 42350 Lucketts Rd, Leesburg, Virginia, United States |
| Coordinates | 39°12′57″N 77°32′04″W / 39.21589768616899°N 77.53444623662152°W |
| Elevation | 325 ft (99 m) |
| Named for | Luckett family |
| Year built | early 1900s |
| Opened |
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| Renovated | March – August 1996 |
| Closed | 1960 (post office) |
| Owner | Suzanne Eblen |
| Technical details | |
| Material | Wood, stone |
| Floor count | 2.5 |
| Design and construction | |
| Known for | Green shingles |
| Website | |
| www.luckettstore.com | |
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The Lucketts Store is an antique and home goods store in Lucketts, Virginia, United States. It was run by the eponymous Luckett family in the early twentieth century as the local general store and post office until its closure in 1960 and eventual abandonment. It was renovated in 1996 and reopened as an antique store, originally called The Old Lucketts Store and Lucketts Store Antiques. A vintage-themed fair is hosted every October and May on the Clarke County Fairgrounds in Berryville, Virginia under the Lucketts name, and a show house is opened every November on the store property. Other vintage stores were later established in the area.
Thomas Hussey Luckett moved from Montgomery County, Maryland to Loudoun County, Virginia in 1786. He lived in a manor at the southwest corner of the crossroads now known as Lucketts, which was still in the Luckett family in the nineteenth century. Sam Luckett's Store was operated in the mid- to late-nineteenth century at the crossroads by local merchant Samuel Clapham Luckett, county sheriff from 1865–66 and an original director of The Mutual Fire Insurance Company of Loudoun County. The crossroads was named after the family in 1870 as Luckett's Cross Roads. Sam's proposal for a post office was approved by President Harrison in the late 1880s, and the crossroads was named Luckets, with one letter t. The post office was established at Sam Luckett's Store in 1890.

In 1890, Sam's daughter Sarah J. "Sally" Luckett and her husband William H. Luckett moved from Waterford to the crossroads and constructed their home and store at its northeast corner. Their son Roger William Luckett built the current store and residence at the corner c. 1904, moving and incorporating Sam Luckett's Store into the complex. He succeeded to his father's business upon his death in 1911, and the crossroads was officially renamed Lucketts in 1912 when he became postmaster. He and his wife Mae Arnold Luckett ran the community general store and post office out of their home and store, which became known as Luckett's Store and Post Office.

Lucketts fell into a decline in the early 1910s due to the advent of electricity in Leesburg and resulting outmigration. Mae was appointed knitting chairman in her locality during World War II for the Red Cross War Relief, with meetings taking place at her home above the post office. The general store closed in 1944 when Roger fell ill. Mae, who had been his assistant since 1912, took over as postmistress after he died, selling the store's equipment at public auction. In 1954, she noted for the Blue Ridge Herald that it was "getting to be a retired town." She closed the post office in 1960 with a line-up to receive the final postmarks and was the last Luckett to live in Loudoun, her daughter residing in Florida.

The building was owned by W.W. Fetzer in 1973 and saw use as a beauty parlor. At some point it also served as a real estate office. Eventually the county determined it to be too neglected for use and required its owners to vacate the building. It is within the Catoctin Rural Historic District, which was listed on the Virginia Landmarks Register 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 early 20th century commercial structures in the district. 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. By 1996 the building was dilapidated to the extent that the local fire department had been instructed to "let it burn to the ground and save everything around if it ever caught fire," with missing boards and broken windows visible.

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The Eblens moved from Los Angeles to Loudoun County in 1990. Interior designer Suzanne Eblen and her husband Pat purchased and restored a farm in Lovettsville where she hosted sales. She later worked down the road from the former post office as a vendor at vintage store My Wits 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 Wits End closed in 1996, but remained in her possession and was later let out to tenants. They purchased the abandoned Luckett property on March 28, 1996 for $85,000. It was subsequently renovated and reopened as an antique store the following August, originally called The Old Lucketts Store.

The store initially sold only antiques before expanding into home and garden decor (primarily furniture, paintings, and garden ornaments), with vendors supplying and showcasing items. The idea of "vintage hip" or "bridg[ing] that gap with the old and new" was adopted in later years. Eblen has described an intention for the store to reflect the building's "character" without entirely modernizing or preserving it. Her eldest son Wyatt and his wife Ashley opened the Young Lucketts Vintage Store (shortened Young Lucketts Store or Young Lucketts) at the My Wits End building on February 7, 2026, intending it to be a "bold" and "funky" twist on The Old Lucketts Store aimed towards younger consumers.

Sam Luckett's Store was moved to the back of the lot and incorporated into the current complex when it was constructed. The building is an example of shingle-style architecture, rare for the area. It is two-and-a-half stories tall and has green wood shingles. 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 latter added post-construction when the attic was finished. The 12-room layout includes a glass-enclosed sunroom and a dining room with an integrated sideboard. The building's configuration was worked on in the 1996 renovation, but according to Eblen, "the bones were good."
A fair, the Lucketts Spring Market, has been hosted by the Lucketts Store every third weekend of May since 1998, where numerous vendors (including those unaffiliated with the store) may showcase their vintage or "vintage-inspired" items. The fair relocated in 2017 from the Lucketts Store and Lucketts Community Center to the Clarke County Fairgrounds in Berryville due to increasing demand. 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 a fair has been held every October and May since. Tickets are required for entry.

Other activities have been offered on the store grounds. A holiday-themed ticketed event has been hosted every November at a similarly aged farmhouse north of the store, referred to as the Holiday House. As of 2018, the Holiday House was called the Design House and opened the first weekend of every month with a different style designed by Whyte, coinciding with an on-site monthly flea market, Lucketts Flea. Painting classes (using Amy Howard paint, previously featured at the store and branded after the entrepreneur by the same name who is a past vendor at the Lucketts Spring Market) as well as a "Succulents in a Teacup" workshop were offered at the store by the staff. A Groundhog Day sale has historically been held in February. Aside from the annual Holiday House, these activities do not appear to have occurred for some time.

Lucketts was named after the Luckett family, who featured prominently in the area. It has become known for its vintage emporiums, with some customers visiting the Lucketts Store from other states. Several other antique and home goods stores have been established at the crossroads, including The Beekeeper's Cottage (open 1996–2020), Foundry (opened in 2020), and The Cottage (opened in 2005). The store has advocated for the refinishing and painting of old furniture. It has promoted local paint brands, with one such brand naming a color "Lucketts Green," inspired by the store's siding. A nearby brewery named their American lager Lucketts Store Light and provides the store with wine for its events.

| Category | Years | Result |
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| Antique Store |
2018–20, 2022–25 |
Won |
| 2021, 2026 |
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| Category | Year | Nominees | Result | Ref. |
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2016 | 11 | Won | |
| 2017 | 7 | |||
| 2018 | 35 | |||
| 2019 | 33 | Nominated | ||
| 2020 | ? | Won | ||
| 2021 | 5 | |||
| 2022 | 8 | |||
| 2023 | 4 | |||
| 2024 | 5 | |||
| 2025 | 7 | |||
| 2026 | 5 |
Original Owner Samuel Luckett
Original Use store
Present Owner W.W. Fetzer
[...] Present Use store and residence
Present Name Lucketts Store
Date or Period (exact or estimate) early 1900
[...] No. stories (dormers count as ½ story): 2½
Wall construction shingle over frame
[...] Samuel Luckett built the original store, which is now a Beauty Parlor. Roger Luckett moved this to the back of the lot and built the existing 2 story building in 1904-05, incorporating the original store (now Beauty Shop) into the complex. Later the attic was finished and dormers added, making the present building a full 3 stories. [...] This is an example of shingle (green) architecture, rare in this area.
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, [...] Lucketts went into decline in the early 1910s--due to electricity. Leesburg had it and Lucketts did not, a situation that caused an outmigration from Lucketts. [...] When Mae Arnold Luckett, wife of Roger Luckett, closed the post office in 1960 there was a line-up to receive the last postmarks. [...] Roger and Mae Luckett were the last Lucketts to live in Loudoun County.
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, [...] had become known as Luckett's Cross Roads. [...] Roger met Mae Arnold, [...] Having married [...] Roger [...] built the new store in 1912 [...] 12-room house above, [...] glassed-in sunroom [...] 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 [...] dates to 1786, when Thomas H. Luckett, who owned [...] land just across the river in Maryland, bought 182 acres on the Virginia side [...] 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.
Named for the Lucketts family, specifically Thomas Hussey Luckett, Lucketts, Virginia [...] The Lucketts manner [sic] was located on the crossroads of Lucketts and remained in the family well into the 19th Century. [...] In 1870, the crossing of Nolan's Ferry Road and Leesburg Point of Rocks Road (now Route 15) was named Luckett's Cross Roads. In the late 1880s, [...] President Harrison approved Democrat Samuel Luckett's proposal for a post office in Lucketts; however, the village was officially named Luckets. The second "t" was not permanently added until 1912, when Roger W. Luckett gained postmastership. The post office remained in the Lucketts family until Mae Arnold Luckett closed the post office in 1960.
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.
Mr. [Sam] Luckett has a few goods yet. [...] 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,
Samuel Clapham Luckett, so well known and so highly esteemed by the people of Loudoun, died at the home of his son-in-law, Wm. H. Luckett, esq., at Luckett's Cross Roads, on Monday morning last, in the 86th year of his age.
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 [...] it was her husband's people for whom Lucketts was named in the first place. When his father and mother, William and Sally Luckett moved there from Waterford, [...] they built a store where the post office now stands and the name inevitably followed. [...] she has a very informal flower garden made on the old road bed [...] her home, which is above her store, [...] She has one daughter in Florida and one grandson. [...] "It's getting to be a retired town," she observed. [...] few young people
Suzanne purchased "My Wits End" on Rt.15 north of Lucketts. [...] In 1996, [...] Suzanne and her husband purchased the Lucketts Store. [...] saved the building from a likely demolition since it had been abandoned for a number of years. [...] Lucketts Store is the anchor of Lucketts retail. People travel from many other states to shop at the store. The out buildings have all been merchandised [...] sheds and gazebos continue to multiply [...] The Design House, located on the north end of the property, opens one weekend a month displaying products and designs that change each month [...] Her Ground Hog Day sale in February, the Spring Antiques sale in May and her Holiday Weekend sale in December [...] The Lucketts Store as seen from Mrs. Luckett's garden;
Mrs. Sarah J. Luckett, [...] daughter of Samuel C. Luckett and Mary B. Hamilton, [...] married to William H. Luckett, [...] who died in 1911. [...] Roger W. Luckett succeeded to his father's business and is an influential merchant at Luckett, Va.
Roger William Luckett, postmaster at Lucketts for the last 32 years and a prominent retired merchant of Loudoun County. Mr. Luckett died [...] after an illness of five weeks, [...] Surviving are his wife, Mrs. Mae Arnold Luckett, and one daughter,
Announcement has been made from Red Cross War Relief Headquarters that Mrs. Roger Luckett, of Lucketts, is chairman of knitting for her locality.
helped make Red Cross bandages [...] at the home of Mrs. Roger Luckett.
The undersigned administratrix of the estate of Roger W. Luckett, deceased, will sell at residence and Post Office building located at Lucketts on road from Point of Rocks to Leesburg, Route 15 [...] shop tools, motors, sporting goods, etc. [...] store equipment, household [...] A. Mae Luckett Administratrix
It was an abandoned building in great disrepair. The fire department instructions were; "if it ever catches on fire, save everything around it and let it burn to the ground." [...] originally the Lucketts family home, post office and general store. When Mr. and Mrs. Lucketts were no longer living, in the early 1960's, the place went up for auction and became a variety of things from a beauty parlor to a real estate office. Finally, with years of neglect, the county forced the owners to vacate. [...] Since opening in 1996, the shop and property has expanded to include our Design House, a monthly interior design showcase where everything is for sale; several signature events including our annual Spring Market
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.
VLR Listing Date 12/13/1988 [...] VLR Listed Only; Federal Determination of Eligibility: 3/20/1989
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] don't over-modernize the building [...] 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.
March 1996, [...] my husband (Pat) and I purchased this [...] it was in great disrepair, with broken windows, missing boards, and a configuration that needed work. But the bones were good. [...] Rt. 15 landmark [...] once been:
the Lucketts General Store
a U.S. Post Office
a Lucketts family home and farmhouse. [...] August 1996: Working through the Virginia spring and summer, these were probably the busiest five months [...] ended up with a beautiful store (originally called The Old Lucketts Store)
came to Loudoun in 1990 from Southern California [...] bought an old farm in Lovettsville that we restored [...] got involved with My Wits End [...] ended up purchasing that building
Suzanne Eblen [...] interior designer and curator of "vintage hip." [...] a brief stint in Los Angeles, Eblen and her husband Pat moved to Loudoun County and purchased a farm in Lovettsville in the early 1990s. [...] hosted successful barn sales. [...] 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,
Young Lucketts Vintage Store opens Saturday, February 7. [...] Young Lucketts Store sits just down the road from the original Lucketts Store, [...] "Bold is the word that keeps coming to mind," Wyatt says.
Suzanne "Suze" Eblen [...] and her business partner, Amy Whyte, [...] Whyte [...] learned design by doing. [...] 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.
Eblen and her business partner, Amy Whyte, run the store [...] Whyte, a self-trained interior designer, completely makes over the two-story, multi-bedroom house nearly every month
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 [...] vintage finds, bold decor and colorful, funky pieces aimed at a younger crowd. [...] The building was painted black by a previous tenant;
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,"
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
furniture, art, home decor, lighting, antiques & vintage items.
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! [...] the May fair? We're doing that too!
two years after Lucketts Store opened in 1996, [...] Several years in, the Lucketts Community Center [...] could no longer accommodate us, so we moved the show [...] been at the Clarke County Fairgrounds since 2017. The third weekend in May, we expect to host more than 200 vendors
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.
Tickets to [...] Lucketts Fall Market go on sale [...] the event will showcase more than 200 [...] "vintage hip" vendors
All items must be vintage or vintage-inspired.
The Vendor List includes: [...] Vanish Brewery
Lucketts [...] Spring Market will be moving to Clarke County Fairgrounds in Berryville [...] "Vintage Hip" vendors [...] Amy Howard of Amy Howard paint,
the decision has been made to stage the annual event at the Clarke County Fairgrounds in Berryville,
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.
making it a priority to educate people about repurposing old furniture. [...] offers paint workshops to teach people how to fix the furniture [...] also includes a design house, a decorative showcase [...] farmhouse. The house is restyled by the first weekend of each month, with designs evolving each season [...] Riedel recommends using Amy Howard One Step Paint.
This spring we have also added Lucketts Flea, a fun outdoor market that will coincide with our Design House weekends.
we stock Amy Howard paints in our store
They also have classes, ranging from painting techniques to the more whimsical Succulents in a Teacup workshop.
the 16th annual groundhog sale at the Old Lucketts Store
used to do the Design House every month where the Holiday House is now, we don't do that anymore.
Famous for its antique emporiums, [...] Lucketts [...] roadside vintage stores,
Our retail store was established in 1996 [...] in the village of Lucketts.
we are closing the doors of our beautiful cottage
Old Lucketts Store [...] new neighbor, Foundry, [...] antiquers [...] home goods.
The Cottage has been around since 2005.
This Spring green was inspired by the color of the cedar shake siding on the Old Lucketts Store.
Lucketts Store Light American Lager