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Lewisburg Historic District (Lewisburg, West Virginia)

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NRHP Reference #
  
78002795

Added to NRHP
  
7 July 1978

Area
  
142 ha

Lewisburg Historic District (Lewisburg, West Virginia)

Location
  
Irregular pattern along U.S. 60 and U.S. 219, Lewisburg, West Virginia

Architectural style
  
Bungalow/craftsman, Late Victorian, Georgian

Lewisburg Historic District is a national historic district located at Lewisburg, Greenbrier County, West Virginia. The district encompasses 112 contributing buildings and are representative of the development and evolution of Lewisburg, over a period of more than two centuries (1763-1977). Notable buildings include log cabins dating to the period 1755-1769, "The Barracks," Mount Esperance (1814), Williams-Henning Store/house (1814-1820), Welch-Bell House (1824), John W. Dunn House (c. 1834), John Withrow's Store/ House (1836), Greenbrier Valley Bank Building (1897), and Carnegie Hall (1902). Located in the district and separately listed are the Old Stone Church, Greenbrier County Courthouse and Lewis Spring, John Wesley Methodist Church, Gov. Samuel Price House, Mt. Tabor Baptist Church, Supreme Court Library Building, James Withrow House, and John A. North House.

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1978.

References

Lewisburg Historic District (Lewisburg, West Virginia) Wikipedia