Downtown Elkins Historic District
Appearance
Downtown Elkins Historic District | |
![]() Davis Avenue, July 2006 | |
Location | Roughly bounded by Railroad Ave., Fifth St., Randolph Ave., Henry Ave. and First St., Elkins, West Virginia |
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Coordinates | 38°55′28″N 79°50′57″W / 38.92444°N 79.84917°W |
Area | 28 acres (11 ha) |
Built | 1893 |
Built by | Multiple, including Ray W. Bishop, James Cain, Edward T. McHale, Charles McLaughlin, Henry Ray, Elijah Triplett, John T. Ward, Thorton R. Whiteman[a] |
Architect | Multiple, including Eugene D. Liller, Charles T. Mott |
Architectural style | Italianate, Late 19th And Early 20th Century American Movements, Classical Revival |
NRHP reference No. | 95001324[1] |
Added to NRHP | November 22, 1995 |
Downtown Elkins Historic District is a national historic district located at Elkins, Randolph County, West Virginia. It encompasses 65 contributing buildings in the central business district of Elkins. It includes mostly commercial buildings constructed in the late-19th and early-20th century. Notable buildings include the Dann Building (1897), Randolph Company (1896), Randolph Hotel (1893), Wallace Bakery (1895), railroad depot (1908), Ward Building (1908), First United Methodist Church (1904), Hotel Delmonte (1899), Darden Block (1906), Brown Building (1906), Stalnaker Block (1900), and Post Office and Federal Building (now City Hall, 1917).[2]
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1995.[1]
Notes
[edit]- ^ several listed as builders are actually architects and builders
References
[edit]- ^ a b "National Register Information System – (#95001324)". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ Michael Gioulis (n.d.). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Downtown Elkins Historic District" (PDF). State of West Virginia, West Virginia Division of Culture and History, Historic Preservation. Retrieved September 10, 2011.
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- National Register of Historic Places in Randolph County, West Virginia
- Historic districts in Randolph County, West Virginia
- Italianate architecture in West Virginia
- Neoclassical architecture in West Virginia
- Historic districts on the National Register of Historic Places in West Virginia
- Buildings and structures in Elkins, West Virginia
- Potomac Highlands Registered Historic Place stubs