Mount Hope Historic District
Mount Hope Historic District | |
 Mount Hope, West Virginia, July 2007 | |
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| Location | Portions of Main, Tennessee, Montana, Virginia Sts., Fayette, Mountain Aves, Stadium Dr., N. Pax Ave., N. Maryland, Mount Hope, West Virginia |
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| Coordinates | 37°53′33″N 81°10′4″W / 37.89250°N 81.16778°W |
| Area | 58 acres (23 ha) |
| Architectural style | Italianate, Colonial Revival |
| NRHP reference No. | 07000785[1] |
| Added to NRHP | August 3, 2007 |
Mount Hope Historic District is a national historic district located at Mount Hope, Fayette County, West Virginia. The district encompasses 144 contributing buildings, one contributing site, four contributing structures, and one contributing object. It includes commercial and industrial buildings; public and private institutional properties; domestic architecture; Stadium Terrace, a 1939 25-unit public housing project designed by H. Rus Warne; along with roadways; historic retaining walls; a cemetery; and the Municipal Stadium. The U. S. Post Office dates to 1940 and was designed by the Office of the Supervising Architect under Louis A. Simon. Located in the district is the previously listed New River Company General Office Building.[2]
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2007.[1]
References
- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ David L. Taylor (January 2007). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Mount Hope Historic District" (PDF). State of West Virginia, West Virginia Division of Culture and History, Historic Preservation. Retrieved 2011-07-31.
- Historic districts in Fayette County, West Virginia
- Houses in Fayette County, West Virginia
- National Register of Historic Places in Fayette County, West Virginia
- Italianate architecture in West Virginia
- Colonial Revival architecture in West Virginia
- Commercial buildings on the National Register of Historic Places in West Virginia
- Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in West Virginia
- Public housing in West Virginia
- Historic districts on the National Register of Historic Places in West Virginia
- West Virginia Registered Historic Place stubs