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Boomtown Historic District

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Architect
  
Multiple

NRHP Reference #
  
80004414

Added to NRHP
  
10 December 1980

MPS
  
Berkeley County MRA

Area
  
57 ha

Boomtown Historic District

Location
  
Roughly along Winchester Ave. to Arden Rd., W. King St. to Red Hill Rd., W. Stephen, W. Addition St, and Raleigh Sts., Martinsburg, West Virginia

Architectural style
  
Greek Revival, Queen Anne, Shingle Style

The Boomtown Historic District comprises the western and southern portions of Martinsburg, West Virginia, generally along the alignments of West King Street and Winchester Avenue, following the general path of the town's electric streetcar system. It includes a former industrial section of the town, home to a number of textile mills, as well as the housing that was built for mill workers.

Boomtown's central core is along Virginia, West Virginia and Faulkner Avenues, centering on the fountain at Virginia and Faulkner. The area consists of primarily middle-class Victorian-style houses, in contrast to the more modest working-class houses on the opposite side of Winchester Avenue. The greatest building activity took place after 1891, when the Martinsburg Mining and Manufacturing Company developed the area in conjunction with the opening of streetcar service.

Industrial buildings include the former homes of the Shenandoah Pants Company, Brooklyn Brass Works and the Interwoven Mills. The Crawford Woolen and Cashmere Mills stand along Stephen Street.

The area was designated a historic district in 1980. It includes the separately-listed Abell-Kilbourn House.

References

Boomtown Historic District Wikipedia