Lewisburg Historic District (Lewisburg, West Virginia)
Lewisburg Historic District | |
![]() Downtown Lewisburg, August 2004 | |
Location | Irregular pattern along U.S. 60 and U.S. 219, Lewisburg, West Virginia |
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Coordinates | 37°49′22″N 80°26′7″W / 37.82278°N 80.43528°W |
Area | 350 acres (140 ha) |
Architect | Multiple |
Architectural style | Bungalow/craftsman, Late Victorian, Georgian |
NRHP reference No. | 78002795[1] |
Added to NRHP | July 7, 1978 |
Lewisburg Historic District is a national historic district located at Lewisburg, Greenbrier County, West Virginia. The district encompasses 112 contributing buildings and are representative of the development and evolution of Lewisburg, over a period of more than two centuries (1763-1977). Notable buildings include log cabins dating to the period 1755–1769, "The Barracks," Mount Esperance (1814), Williams-Henning Store/house (1814-1820), Welch-Bell House (1824), John W. Dunn House (c. 1834), John Withrow's Store/ House (1836), Greenbrier Valley Bank Building (1897), and Carnegie Hall (1902). Located in the district and separately listed are the Old Stone Church, Greenbrier County Courthouse and Lewis Spring, John Wesley Methodist Church, Gov. Samuel Price House, Mt. Tabor Baptist Church, Supreme Court Library Building, James Withrow House, and John A. North House.[2]
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1978.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ C.E. Turley (February 1978). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Lewisburg Historic District" (PDF). State of West Virginia, West Virginia Division of Culture and History, Historic Preservation. Retrieved August 5, 2011.
- Historic districts in Greenbrier County, West Virginia
- Georgian architecture in West Virginia
- Victorian architecture in West Virginia
- Houses in Greenbrier County, West Virginia
- National Register of Historic Places in Greenbrier County, West Virginia
- Bungalow architecture in West Virginia
- American Craftsman architecture in West Virginia
- Commercial buildings on the National Register of Historic Places in West Virginia
- Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in West Virginia
- Historic districts on the National Register of Historic Places in West Virginia
- 1978 establishments in West Virginia
- Buildings and structures in Lewisburg, West Virginia
- New River Greenbrier Registered Historic Place stubs