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Buckhannon Central Residential Historical District

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Built
  
c. 1866 (1866)-1945

NRHP Reference #
  
12000225

Added to NRHP
  
16 April 2012

Architect
  
Hughes, Draper Camden

Area
  
44 ha

Buckhannon Central Residential Historical District

Location
  
Roughly bounded by College Ave., S. Kanawha, Madison, & E. Main Sts., Buckhannon, West Virginia

Built by
  
Coyner, Bob; Post, Dr. Orne; Post, Rolandus;

Architectural style
  
Greek Revival, Gothic Revival, Late Victorian, Colonial Revival, Tudor Revival, Bungalow

Buckhannon central residential historical district top 6 facts


Buckhannon Central Residential Historic District is a national historic district located at Buckhannon, Upshur County, West Virginia. The district encompasses 344 contributing buildings, 2 contributing sites, 11 contributing structures, and 2 contributing objects in Buckhannon. It consists of primarily single family residential homes dating from the mid-19th through mid-20th century. They are in variety of popular architectural styles including Greek Revival, Gothic Revival, Late Victorian, Colonial Revival, Tudor Revival, and Bungalow. Notable contributing resources include historic brick sidewalks, Works Progress Administration sidewalks and logos, Jawbone Park, the Charles Gibson City Library building, the Liberty in Christ Church (1873), First United Methodist Church (1910), the First Baptist Church (c. 1911), the African Methodist Episcopal (AME) Church (1919), Victoria or Central School, and 79 East Main Street (1909).

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2012.

References

Buckhannon Central Residential Historical District Wikipedia