List of National Historic Landmarks in West Virginia

Old Main (Bethany College)
Campbell Mansion

Wheeling Suspension Bridge
West Virginia Independence Hall

Grave Creek Mound

Davis and Elkins Historic District

Weston Hospital Main Building

Andrews Methodist Episcopal Church

Traveller's Rest

Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Martinsburg Shops

Elkins Coal and Coke Company Historic District

Alexander Wade House

Matewan Historic District

The Greenbrier

Reber Radio Telescope

West Virginia National Historic Landmarks (clickable map)

Main article: National Historic Landmark

Main article: List of National Historic Landmarks by state

See also: List of Registered Historic Places in West Virginia

This article includes a List of National Historic Landmarks in West Virginia, as well as a list of National Park Service administered areas in West Virginia.

National Historic Landmarks in West Virginia

There are 16 National Historic Landmarks in the state. The following is a complete list.

	Landmark name	Image	Date of designation	Locality	County	Description
1	Andrews Methodist Episcopal Church		01992-10-05 October 5, 1992	Grafton 39°20′20″N 80°01′07″W	Taylor	Where the Mother's Day holiday was started.
2	Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Martinsburg Shops		02003-07-31 July 31, 2003	Martinsburg 39°27′39″N 77°57′34″W	Berkeley	Architecturally significant railway buildings, also where the Great Railroad Strike of 1877 began.
3	Campbell Mansion		01994-04-19 April 19, 1994	Bethany 40°12′21″N 80°32′51″W	Brooke	Home of Alexander Campbell, founder and president of Bethany College
4	Clover Site	image pending	01992-04-27 April 27, 1992	Lesage	Cabell	Archaeological site.
5	Davis and Elkins Historic District	image pending	01998-06-07 June 7, 1998	Elkins 38°55′44″N 79°50′57″W	Randolph	Historic district including Graceland (Elkins, West Virginia) and Senator Stephen Benton Elkins House (Halliehurst) mansions
6	Elkins Coal and Coke Company Historic District		01983-05-04 May 4, 1983	Bretz 39°32′42″N 79°58′35″W	Preston	140 beehive coke ovens, the last operated in the United States.
7	Grave Creek Mound		01964-07-19 July 19, 1964	Moundsville 39°55′00″N 80°44′42″W	Marshall	The United States' largest cone-shaped burial mound, 62 feet (19 m) tall, 240 feet (73 m) diameter at base.
8	The Greenbrier		01990-06-21 June 21, 1990	White Sulphur Springs 37°47′07″N 80°18′30″W	Greenbrier	Hotel and emergency relocation center for U.S. presidents
9	Matewan Historic District		01997-02-18 February 18, 1997	Matewan 37°37′23″N 82°09′59″W	Mingo	Site of bloody 1920 coal miners' strike depicted in John Sayles' film Matewan
10	Old Main, Bethany College		01990-06-21 June 21, 1990	Bethany 40°12′14″N 80°33′37″W	Brooke	Historic main building on Bethany College campus.
11	Reber Radio Telescope		01989-12-20 December 20, 1989	Green Bank 38°25′42″N 79°49′04″W	Pocahontas	First parabolic radio telescope, built by amateur astronomer Grote Reber.
12	Traveller's Rest (West Virginia)		01972-11-28 November 28, 1972	Kearneysville 39°23′17″N 77°54′03″W	Jefferson	Homestead of General Horatio Gates and a rare surviving example of Virginia architect John Ariss's work.
13	Alexander Wade House	image pending	01965-12-21 December 21, 1965	Morgantown 39°37′31″N 79°57′30″W	Monongalia	Home of innovative educator Alexander Wade.
14	West Virginia Independence Hall		01988-06-20 June 20, 1988	Wheeling 40°03′53″N 80°43′20″W	Ohio	Site of 1861-1863 pro-Union government of Virginia.
15	Weston Hospital Main Building		01990-06-21 June 21, 1990	Weston 39°02′19″N 80°28′17″W	Lewis	One of the largest hand-cut stone masonry buildings in the United States.
16	Wheeling Suspension Bridge		01975-05-15 May 15, 1975	Wheeling 40°04′06″N 80°43′38″W	Ohio	World's first long suspension bridge.

National Park Service Areas in West Virginia

Also of historical interest is:

• Harpers Ferry National Historical Park

Other National Park Service-administered areas in West Virginia are:

• Bluestone National Scenic River
• Gauley River National Recreation Area
• New River Gorge National River

There are no National Battlefields or other National Park Service units in West Virginia besides these.

See also

• National Register of Historic Places listings in West Virginia
• List of National Historic Landmarks by state

External links

• "National Historic Landmarks Survey: List of National Historic Landmarks by State--West Virginia (16)" (PDF). National Park Service. http://www.cr.nps.gov/nhl/designations/Lists/WV01.pdf. Retrieved 2007-11-14. 
• National Historic Landmarks Program, at National Park Service