Alderson Historic District
Alderson Historic District | |
![]() Chesapeake and Ohio depot, November 2007 | |
Location | Roughly, along Monroe St., Riverview Dr., Railroad Ave. and adjacent streets, Alderson, West Virginia |
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Coordinates | 37°43′29″N 80°38′32″W / 37.72472°N 80.64222°W |
Area | 139 acres (56 ha) |
Built | 1789 |
Built by | Clark Ellis |
Architect | Walter Martens |
Architectural style | Queen Anne, Federal, Greek Revival |
NRHP reference No. | 93001231[1] |
Added to NRHP | November 12, 1993 |
Alderson Historic District is a national historic district located at Alderson, Greenbrier County and Monroe County, West Virginia. The district encompasses 196 contributing buildings and three contributing sites located in the commercial district and surrounding residential section. They are predominantly 19th and early 20th century frame detached residences and masonry commercial buildings including notable examples of the Federal, Greek Revival, and Queen Anne styles. Notable buildings include the Woodson Mohler Grocery building, Johnson and Gwinn warehouse, Greenbrier Mill, First National Bank building, Alderson's Store, Chesapeake and Ohio depot, U.S. Post Office, and the City Hall (1939). The Alderson Ferry Site is for the ferry established 1789. Located in the district is the separately listed Alderson Bridge.[2]
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1993.[1]
Gallery
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The "historic district" in Alderson, West Virginia (on the Monroe County side of the Greenbrier River), April 2009
References
[edit]- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ Michael Gioulis (April 1993). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Alderson Historic District" (PDF). State of West Virginia, West Virginia Division of Culture and History, Historic Preservation. Archived (PDF) from the original on June 29, 2011. Retrieved August 5, 2011.
External links
[edit]All of the following are located in Alderson, Greenbrier County, WV:
- Historic American Buildings Survey (HABS) No. WV-239, "102 Railroad Avenue (House)", 2 photos, 6 data pages, 1 photo caption page
- HABS No. WV-240, "104 Railroad Avenue (House)", 3 photos, 6 data pages, 1 photo caption page
- HABS No. WV-241, "107 Railroad Avenue (Commercial Building)", 4 photos, 6 data pages, 1 photo caption page
- HABS No. WV-242, "102 North Monroe Street (Commercial Building)", 4 photos, 6 data pages, 1 photo caption page
- Historic districts in Greenbrier County, West Virginia
- Federal architecture in West Virginia
- Greek Revival architecture in West Virginia
- Queen Anne architecture in West Virginia
- Buildings and structures in Greenbrier County, West Virginia
- Buildings and structures in Monroe County, West Virginia
- National Register of Historic Places in Greenbrier County, West Virginia
- Commercial buildings on the National Register of Historic Places in West Virginia
- National Register of Historic Places in Monroe County, West Virginia
- Historic districts in Monroe County, West Virginia
- Historic districts on the National Register of Historic Places in West Virginia
- 1789 establishments in Virginia
- New River Greenbrier Registered Historic Place stubs