Built 1922 NRHP Reference # 92000329 Area 8,094 m² | Architectural style L plan Opened 1922 Added to NRHP 17 April 1992 | |
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Location Jct. of WV 16 and Co. Rt. 12/8, Caretta, West Virginia MPS Coal Company Stores in McDowell County MPS | ||
Carter Coal Company Store, also known as Consolidation Coal Company Store, is a historic company store building located at Caretta, McDowell County, West Virginia. It was built about 1912 by the Carter Coal Company, and is a one-story brick commercial building on a stone foundation. It has a gable roof. The building was originally "T"-shaped, but wood frame additions built in 1922, spread the plan to an "L." . It ceased operating as a post office in August 2005.
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1992.
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