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Old Insurance Building

The Loudoun Mutual Fire Insurance Company constructed this small brick building in 1872 to serve as their new headquarters. When the company moved again, in 1901, this structure became the village's meat market. Today it is an office. Notice the well-crafted cornice, a cross between a modillion cornice and a mousetooth cornice.

The Tin Shop

At least two families ran tin roofing businesses from this building, hence the name. From 1885 to 1897 it also housed the post office. The building was erected between 1875 and 1885 and rebuilt after a flood in 1894 carried away the ground floor-and the postmistress. It displays Victorian features common to the period, including the projecting cornice and paired scroll cornice brackets.

The Livery Stable

This structure served as a stable at least as early as 1851. Elbert Divine (1874-1966) constructed the red barn to the rear in 1921 as an expansion of Edgar Beans' (1882-1957) livery operation. A slaughterhouse (no longer standing) on the site served the meat market. Today the barn houses exhibits for the annual fair and the livery stable is a residence.

Waterford Market

This building has been a market and commercial center since its construction in 1883. It exhibits typical utilitarian construction, adaptable for many purposes. In the early decades of the 20th century a succession of school teachers rented rooms on the second floor.

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