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Thomas Commercial Historic District

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NRHP Reference #
  
98001072

Year built
  
1884

Architect
  
Ernest C. S. Holmboe

Area
  
13 ha

Added to NRHP
  
14 August 1998

Thomas Commercial Historic District

Location
  
Roughly Spruce St. and East Ave. bet. First St. and Third St.; East Ave. W to the North Fork of the Blackwater R., Thomas, West Virginia

Architectural style
  
Gothic Revival, Italianate, Renaissance

Thomas Commercial Historic District is a national historic district located at Thomas, Tucker County, West Virginia. It encompasses 48 contributing buildings and two contributing structures. They include the business and commercial core of Thomas. Most of the buildings in the district date from the late-19th and early-20th century in popular architectural styles, such as Italianate, Renaissance Revival, and Gothic Revival. They are primarily two and three story masonry buildings with storefronts on the first floor and housing above. Notable buildings include the Frank Calobrese Building (1902), Duncan Funeral Home Building (1899), Miners and Merchant Bank (1902), City Hall (1927), and Thomas Central Power Plant Dam (1911). Also located in the district is the separately listed Cottrill Opera House (1902).

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1998.

References

Thomas Commercial Historic District Wikipedia