Whipple Company Store is a historic company store located in Whipple, West Virginia, United States. It was built about 1900, and is a two-story, frame octagon building. It sits on a coursed stone faced foundation and features a prominent arched opening at the main entrance. As a company store, it remained in operation until August 1957, when the New River Company mine closed. However, it remained occupied by retail activities until the 1980s.[2]
Whipple Company Store | |
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  Location in West Virginia  Location in United States | |
| Location | 7485 Okey L. Patteson Road, Whipple, West Virginia (Addressed to Scarbro) |
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| Coordinates | 37°57′31″N 81°9′57″W / 37.95861°N 81.16583°W |
| Area | less than one acre |
| Architect | Whipple Colliery Co. |
| Architectural style | Romanesque revival |
| NRHP reference No. | 91000448[1] |
| Added to NRHP | April 26, 1991 |
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1991.[1]
References
edit- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ Stacy Sone (February 1991). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Whipple Company Store" (PDF). State of West Virginia, West Virginia Division of Culture and History, Historic Preservation. Retrieved 27 July 2011.