Lucketts Store

Lucketts Store
Named afterLuckett family
PredecessorLuckett's Store
FormationAugust 1996 (1996-08)
Headquarters42350 Lucketts Rd, Leesburg, VA 20176[3]
Location
Coordinates39°12′57″N 77°32′04″W / 39.21589768616899°N 77.53444623662152°W / 39.21589768616899; -77.53444623662152
Region served
Mid-Atlantic
OwnerSuzanne Eblen
Publication
Vintage Hip Weekly[2]
Awards
  • Best of Loudoun
  • Loudoun's Favorites
Websitewww.luckettstore.com
Formerly called
  • The Old Lucketts Store
  • Lucketts Store Antiques

The Lucketts Store is a home goods store and showroom located in Lucketts, Virginia. It was built in 1904 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 specializes in "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

The Luckett family lived in what is now known as Lucketts, Virginia in the latter half of the nineteenth century. Luckett's Store and Post Office was built c. 1904[a] by Roger Luckett,[4] succeeding the civil war-era[5] Sam Luckett's Store[4] (considered its own electoral precinct in the 1870's[6][7][8] and named after merchant Samuel C. Luckett, county sheriff from 1865–66[5]). It originally served as the community general store and post office (the post office having previously been established at Sam Luckett's Store in 1890),[4] as well as the Luckett's family home.[3] The store was closed by Roger's wife Mae Arnold Luckett in 1960, and they were the last known Lucketts to live in Loudoun County.[4][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[9] 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.[4] 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.[11]

The land was purchased by Suzanne and Pat Eblen on March 28, 1996.[12][13] The building was subsequently renovated and reopened as an antique store the following August.[14] Vendors supply and showcase items.[3] The idea of "vintage hip" or "bridg[ing] that gap with the old and the new" was adopted in later years.[13] More recent items (primarily furniture, paintings, and garden ornaments[15]) are sold alongside antiques,[3][9] intending to create an environment reflective of the building's colonial design[12] without entirely modernizing nor preserving it.[10]

Events

A fair, the Lucketts Spring Market, has been hosted by the Lucketts Store every third weekend of May since 1998,[16] where numerous vendors[17][18] (including those unaffiliated with the store) may showcase their vintage or "vintage-inspired" items.[19][20] The fair relocated in 2017 from the Lucketts Store and Lucketts Community Center to the Clarke County Fairgrounds in Berryville, Virginia due to increasing demand.[17][21][22] 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.[16] Tickets are required for entry.[18]

Other activities have been offered on the store property. A holiday-themed ticketed event[23] has been hosted every November at a farmhouse of similar age and design to the store, referred to as the Holiday House.[24][25] As of 2018,[17] painting classes (using Amy Howard paint,[10][17][26] previously featured at the store[1] and branded after the entrepreneur by the same name[27] who is a past vendor at the Lucketts Spring Market[21]) as well as a "Succulents in a Teacup" workshop were offered by the staff.[28] The Holiday House was called the Design House and open on a monthly basis,[29] coinciding with an on-site monthly flea market, Lucketts Flea.[17][30] Aside from the annual Holiday House, these activities do not appear to have occurred for some time.[3][24]

Legacy

Lucketts, Virginia was named after the Luckett family, who featured prominently in the area.[5][4][9] It has become well known for its vintage emporiums,[31] many of which are adjacent to the Lucketts Store in similarly designed structures, including The Beekeeper's Cottage (open 1996–2020),[32][33] Foundry (opened in 2020),[34] and The Cottage (opened in 2005).[35] The store advocates for the refinishing and painting of old furniture.[26] It has promoted and influenced local paint brands,[1] with one such brand naming a color "Lucketts Green"   after the store's siding.[36] A nearby brewery named their American lager Lucketts Store Light.[37]

Young Lucketts

The Young Lucketts Vintage Store (a play on The Old Lucketts Store, shortened Young Lucketts Store[38] or Young Lucketts[39]) was opened on February 7, 2026 by Suzanne Eblen's eldest son Wyatt and his wife Ashley at a property further down the road from the Lucketts Store. It is intended to be a "bold" and "funky" twist on the original store aimed towards younger consumers. Local markets and events similar to those hosted by the Lucketts Store are envisioned.[40][41]

Young Lucketts is also the site of Suzanne's first store, My Wit's End, which opened in 1994 and closed in 1996 with the opening of the Lucketts Store. The building remained in Suzanne's possession and was previously let out to tenants.[40] It is where she met her business partner Amy Whyte.[42]

Awards

Award Year Category Nominees Result Ref.
Best of Loudoun 2018 Antique Store Unknown Won [43]
2019 Won [44]
2020 Won [45]
2021 Nominated [46]
2022 Won [47]
2023 Won [48]
2024 Won [49]
2025 Won [50]
Loudoun's Favorites 2016 11 Won [51]
2017 7 Won [52]
2018 35 Won [53]
2019 33 Nominated [54]
2020 Unknown Won [55]
2021 5 Won [56]
2022 8 Won [57]
2023 4 Won [58]
2024 5 Won [59]
2025 7 Won [60]

Notes

  1. ^ Many sources state the store was built in 1879, while others state 1910. The historic district nomination puts it between 1904 and 1905, and could be considered more reliable.

References

  1. ^ a b c "The Old Lucketts Store | Vintage Hip". luckettstore.com. 2013-12-31. Archived from the original on 2013-12-31. Retrieved 2026-04-18.
  2. ^ "Get the latest from Lucketts Store". confirmsubscription.com. Retrieved 2026-04-06. "Vintage Hip Weekly," (...) news from Lucketts Store,
  3. ^ a b c d e "About Lucketts Store". Lucketts Store. 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
  4. ^ a b c d e f 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 were also built in the district. (...) The best preserved example is the Lucketts Store and Post Office (...) 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.
  5. ^ a b c 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, 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 (...) 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,
  6. ^ "Mirror, Volume 21, Number 22, 16 November 1876". The Mirror. 1876-11-16. p. 3. Retrieved 2026-04-05. The following is the official vote of this County (...) FOR PRESIDENT, AND FOR MEMBER OF CONGRESS. (...) Lovettsville District. (...) Luckett's Store,
  7. ^ "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.
  8. ^ Miscellaneous Documents: 30th Congress, 1st Session - 49th Congress, 1st Session. United States House of Representatives. 1871. p. 144. Retrieved 2026-04-27. Election held on the 8th day of November, 1870, at Luckett's Store precinct, in the township of Lovettsville, county of Loudoun, State of Virginia. (...) Samuel C. Luckett,
  9. ^ a b c d "Lucketts Virginia | Loudoun Historic Village Alliance". 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.
  10. ^ a b c "Vintage Hip: Lucketts Store Antiques". American Lifestyle Magazine. 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 in video]
  11. ^ "Catoctin Rural Historic District – DHR". Retrieved 2026-04-12. VLR Listing Date 12/13/1988 (...) VLR Listed Only; Federal Determination of Eligibility: 3/20/1989
  12. ^ a b "Loudoun County - Property Address Search". Loudoun.gov. 2026-03-19. Retrieved 2026-03-23.
  13. ^ a b 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,"
  14. ^ 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)
  15. ^ "Collections". Lucketts Store. Retrieved 2026-03-04.
  16. ^ a b Eblen, Suzanne. "Our Journey". The Lucketts Store. Retrieved 2026-03-06. In 1998, (...) decided to host our first fair in the parking lot of the Lucketts community center. (...) could no longer host the fair on our property (...) new home in Berryville, Virginia, the Clarke County Fairgrounds! (...) Since 2017 (...) 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! (...) we wanted to keep doing it...but what about the May fair? We're doing that too!
  17. ^ a b c d e 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.
  18. ^ a b 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
  19. ^ "Vendor Application". The Lucketts Store. Retrieved 2026-03-06. All items must be vintage or vintage-inspired.
  20. ^ "Lucketts Spring Market Set for May 15-17". Alexandria Living Magazine. 2026-04-14. Retrieved 2026-05-05.
  21. ^ a b "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,
  22. ^ "Lucketts Spring Market Moving to Clarke County". LoudounNow.com. 2017-02-16. Retrieved 2026-03-15. the decision has been made to stage the annual event at the Clarke County Fairgrounds in Berryville,
  23. ^ Roth, Maggie (2025-08-29). "Tickets for the Lucketts Holiday House Go on Sale Soon". Northern Virginia Magazine. Retrieved 2026-05-05.
  24. ^ a b "Lucketts Holiday House". Lucketts Store. Retrieved 2026-04-05. 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. (...) This is a ticketed event.
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  26. ^ a b 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.
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  28. ^ 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.
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  30. ^ 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.
  31. ^ "Lucketts, Virginia I Loudoun County". www.visitloudoun.org. Retrieved 2026-04-13. Famous for its antique emporiums, little Lucketts on a northern stretch of Route 15, is bursting with eclectic treasures at its roadside vintage stores,
  32. ^ "-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.
  33. ^ "After 22 Fun-Filled Years..." Beekeeper's Cottage. 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
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  35. ^ "The Cottage". www.visitloudoun.org. Retrieved 2026-04-26. The Cottage has been around since 2005.
  36. ^ "Lucketts Green". Miss Mustard Seed's Milk Paint. Retrieved 2026-05-31. This Spring green was inspired by the color of the cedar shake siding on the Old Lucketts Store.
  37. ^ "Beer & Wine". Vanish Farmwoods Brewery. 2019-01-02. Retrieved 2026-05-31. Lucketts Store Light American Lager
  38. ^ "Young Lucketts Store". Facebook. Retrieved 2026-04-18.
  39. ^ "Young Lucketts (@younglucketts)". www.instagram.com. Retrieved 2026-04-17.
  40. ^ a b 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 (...) "Eventually we'd love to host farmers markets or events" (...) The building was painted black by a previous tenant;
  41. ^ 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.
  42. ^ 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.
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