NRHP Reference # 92000326 Architectural style Neoclassical architecture | Area 8,000 m² Added to NRHP 17 April 1992 | |
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MPS Coal Company Stores in McDowell County MPS Similar Pocahontas Fuel Company, Peerless Coal Company, Itmann Company Store and, Pocahontas Exhibition Coal Mine, US Coal and Coke Company | ||
Pocahontas Fuel Company Store and Office Buildings are a historic company store and an office building located at Jenkinjones, McDowell County, West Virginia. Both buildings were designed by noted architect Alex B. Mahood and built in 1917. They were listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1992.
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History
Born in Glynneath, Wales, Jenkin B. Jones (1841-1916), the namesake for the coal town of Jenkinjones, West Virginia, founded the Pocahontas Fuel Company after consolidating several coal mining operations in 1907. The two buildings were constructed to be durable and also as a symbol of success within the community.
Description
The two-story brick company store sits on a stone foundation. It features a brick cornice with a concrete parapet and a concrete entablature with dentils in the Classical Revival style. The store building housed the store and a post office.
The office is a two-story brick building with a flat roof. It has a bold concrete cornice with dentils across the front facade.