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Old Kentucky Turnpike Historic District

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Built by
  
Thomas Cubine

VLR #
  
184-0001

Area
  
19 ha

Added to NRHP
  
7 July 1995

NRHP Reference #
  
95000829

Designated VLR
  
April 28, 1995

Year built
  
1873

Old Kentucky Turnpike Historic District httpsuploadwikimediaorgwikipediacommonsthu

Location
  
Along Indian Creek Rd., Old Kentucky Tnpk., College Hill Rd. and Cedar Valley Dr., Cedar Bluff, Virginia

Architectural style
  
Mid 19th Century Revival, Late Victorian, Late 19th And 20th Century Revivals

Old Kentucky Turnpike Historic District is a national historic district located at Cedar Bluff, Tazewell County, Virginia. The district encompasses 35 contributing buildings, 3 contributing sites, and 3 contributing structures along Indian Creek Road and Indian Creek. They date from the late-19th to mid-20th centuries. Notable resources include the concrete bridge, steel railroad trestle, Cecil-Watkins House, Ratliff House, Cedar Bluff Presbyterian Church (c. 1930), the boyhood home of Governor George C. Peery (1873–1952), Thomas Cubine House (c. 1887), Gillespie House (c. 1892), the Old Cedar Bluff High School, Cedar Bluff High School (1906), and the Old Cedar Bluff Town Hall. Also located in the district is the separately listed Clinch Valley Roller Mills.

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1995.

References

Old Kentucky Turnpike Historic District Wikipedia