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Tygart Valley Homesteads Historic District

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Built
  
1940

Opened
  
1940

Added to NRHP
  
22 July 2004

NRHP Reference #
  
04000304

Area
  
6.07 kmĀ²

Tygart Valley Homesteads Historic District

Location
  
Roughly bounded by U.S. Routes 219/250 and County Roads 21 and 38, near Dailey, West Virginia

Architectural style
  
Late 19th And 20th Century Revivals, Colonial Revival

Tygart Valley Homesteads Historic District is a national historic district located near Dailey, Randolph County, West Virginia. It encompasses 337 contributing buildings, 3 contributing sites, and 3 contributing structures, associated with a resettlement community established during the Great Depression by the Roosevelt administration. It was the largest of the three resettlement communities in West Virginia, the others being Arthurdale and Eleanor. The first dwellings were constructed in 1934, and the Civilian Conservation Corps built the public water system, draining systems, and culverts. The houses have modest Colonial Revival details and have either a side gable or gambrel roof, referred to as either an "A-Frame" or "Barn House." Other notable buildings include the Dailey Community Center (1937), gas station (1940), The Homestead School (1939), The East Dailey Bridge (1938), Community Farm, The Warehouse (c. 1935-1936), The Woodworking Shop (c. 1935-1936), and The Weaving Shop (c. 1934).

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2004.

References

Tygart Valley Homesteads Historic District Wikipedia