Downtown Richwood Historic District
Downtown Richwood Historic District | |
 Downtown Richwood Historic District, September 2006 | |
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| Location | Roughly including portions of Main St. Oakford Ave. and Commercial St., Richwood, West Virginia |
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| Coordinates | 38°13′28″N 80°32′3″W / 38.22444°N 80.53417°W |
| Area | 10 acres (4.0 ha) |
| Built | 1900 |
| Architectural style | Italianate, Romanesque, et al. |
| NRHP reference No. | 01000778[1] |
| Added to NRHP | July 25, 2001 |
Downtown Richwood Historic District is a national historic district located at Richwood, Nicholas County, West Virginia. The district includes 51 contributing buildings in the central business district of Richwood. They consist of mostly two and three-story masonry commercial buildings from the late 19th and early 20th century. They have storefronts on the first floor and house on the upper floors. Notable buildings include the U.S. Post Office (1936), First Methodist Church (1922) designed by Levi J. Dean, Richwood Banking and Trust Building (1902), and New Star Theatre, also by Levi J. Dean.[2]
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2001.[1]
References
- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ Michael Gioulis (January 2001). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Downtown Richwood Historic District" (PDF). State of West Virginia, West Virginia Division of Culture and History, Historic Preservation. Retrieved 2011-08-18.
Categories:
- Historic districts in Nicholas County, West Virginia
- Historic districts on the National Register of Historic Places in West Virginia
- Italianate architecture in West Virginia
- Romanesque Revival architecture in West Virginia
- Buildings and structures in Nicholas County, West Virginia
- National Register of Historic Places in Nicholas County, West Virginia
- Mountain Lakes, West Virginia Registered Historic Place stubs