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Elkins Coal and Coke Company Historic District

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Built
  
1906

Architectural style
  
Other

Designated NHLD
  
May 4, 1983

Opened
  
1906

Added to NRHP
  
1 July 1983

Architect
  
Elkins Coal & Coke Co.

NRHP Reference #
  
83003249

Address
  
Masontown, WV 26542, USA

Area
  
15 ha

Elkins Coal and Coke Company Historic District

Location
  
Bretz, Preston County, West Virginia

Similar
  
Great Smoky Mountains, Great Smoky Mountain, Camden Park, West Virginia Zoo, West Virginia State Wil

Elkins Coal and Coke Company Historic District consists of 140 beehive ovens that were the last operating coke ovens in the United States.

It was declared a National Historic Landmark in 1983.

It is located about 1/2 mile southwest of Masontown, West Virginia and 1/4 mile west of West Virginia Route 7.

References

Elkins Coal and Coke Company Historic District Wikipedia