West Virginia - Fayette County - Historic Districts
Fayette County West Virginia (Historic Districts) has 9 places on the National Register of Historic Places including 1 place of National significance and 3 places of Statewide significance. Significant places include Nuttallburg Coal Mining Complex and Town Historic District, Camp Washington-Carver Complex, Kay Moor and Thurmond Historic District and Fayetteville Historic District.

Several famous people are associated with these Fayette County historic places including John Nuttall and E.B. Hawkins.

Some of the country's most noteable architects helped create the Fayette County places including Fairmont Mining Machinery Co., Roberts & Schaefer Co., West Virginia State Board of Control, Low Moor Iron Co., W. D. Thurmond, New River & Pocahontas Consolidated, H. Rus Warne and Louis A. Simon. Prominent architectural styles found in Fayette Country are Colonial Revival, Gothic Revival and Greek Revival.

Camp Washington-Carver Complex (added 1980 - - #80004017)
Also known as West Virginia 4-H Camp for Negroes
CR 11/3 , Clifftop
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Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Et al., West Virginia State Board of Control
Architectural Style:
Other
Area of Significance:
Black, Engineering, Education, Agriculture, Social History, Architecture
Period of Significance:
1925-1949
Owner:
State
Historic Function:
Domestic, Education
Historic Sub-function:
Camp, Institutional Housing, Outdoor Recreation
Current Function:
Domestic, Education
Current Sub-function:
Camp, Institutional Housing, Outdoor Recreation
Fayetteville Historic District (added 1990 - - #90001845)
Also known as See Also:Altamont Hotel;Fayette County Courthouse;Hawkins, E
Roughly bounded by SR 16, Maple and Fayette Aves. , Fayetteville
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Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Multiple
Architectural Style:
Gothic Revival, Colonial Revival, Greek Revival
Area of Significance:
Commerce, Military, Social History, Architecture
Period of Significance:
1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1850-1874, 1825-1849
Owner:
Federal, Private, Local
Historic Function:
Commerce/Trade, Domestic, Government
Historic Sub-function:
Business, City Hall, Financial Institution, Multiple Dwelling, Professional, Restaurant, Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Commerce/Trade, Domestic, Government
Current Sub-function:
Business, City Hall, Financial Institution, Multiple Dwelling, Professional, Restaurant, Single Dwelling
Hawkins, E. B., House (added 1990 - - #89002319)
Also known as Hawkins--Ballard House
120 Fayette Ave. , Fayetteville
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Historic Significance:
Person, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Unknown
Architectural Style:
Colonial Revival
Historic Person:
Hawkins,E.B.
Significant Year:
1925, 1909, 1905
Area of Significance:
Politics/Government, Architecture
Period of Significance:
1925-1949, 1900-1924
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Secondary Structure, Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Domestic
Current Sub-function:
Secondary Structure, Single Dwelling
Kay Moor (added 1990 - - #90001641)
Also known as Kay Moor No. 1 Coal Mine;Kaymoor
Along the New R. S of US 19 , Fayetteville
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Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering, Event
Architect, builder, or engineer:
New River & Pocahontas Consolidated, Low Moor Iron Co.
Architectural Style:
Other
Area of Significance:
Engineering, Industry
Period of Significance:
1925-1949, 1900-1924
Owner:
Federal
Historic Function:
Domestic, Industry/Processing/Extraction
Historic Sub-function:
Extractive Facility, Processing Site
Current Function:
Vacant/Not In Use
Mount Hope Historic District (added 2007 - - #07000785)
Portions of Main,Tennessee,Montana,Virginia Sts., Fayette, Mountain Aves, Stadium Dr., N. Pax Ave., N. Maryland , Mount Hope
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Historic Significance:
Event, Person, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Warne, H. Rus, Simon, Louis A.
Architectural Style:
Colonial Revival, Italianate
Area of Significance:
Politics/Government, Commerce, Architecture, Social History, Industry
Period of Significance:
1950-1974, 1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899
Owner:
Local, Private, Federal
Historic Function:
Commerce/Trade, Domestic, Education, Funerary, Government, Recreation And Culture, Religion
Historic Sub-function:
Cemetery, Post Office, Religious Structure, School, Single Dwelling, Specialty Store, Theater
Current Function:
Commerce/Trade, Domestic, Education, Funerary, Government, Recreation And Culture, Religion
Current Sub-function:
Cemetery, Post Office, Religious Structure, School, Single Dwelling, Specialty Store, Theater
New Deal Resources in Hawk's Nest State Park Historic District (added 2011 - - #10001225)
49 Hawks Nest State Park Rd., Anstead
Junkyardsparkle, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architectural Style:
Other
Area of Significance:
Social History, Politics/Government, Conservation, Entertainment/Recreation, Architecture
Period of Significance:
1925-1949
Nuttallburg Coal Mining Complex and Town Historic District (added 2007 - - #07000846)
WV 85/2 , Edmonds
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Historic Significance:
Event, Person, Architecture/Engineering, Information Potential
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Roberts & Schaefer Co., Fairmont Mining Machinery Co.
Architectural Style:
No Style Listed
Historic Person:
Nuttall, John
Area of Significance:
Engineering, Social History, Industry, Historic - Non-Aboriginal
Period of Significance:
1950-1974, 1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1850-1874
Owner:
Federal
Historic Function:
Domestic, Industry/Processing/Extraction
Historic Sub-function:
Extractive Facility, Village Site
Current Function:
Vacant/Not In Use
Thurmond Historic District (added 1984 - - #84003520)
WV 25 at New River , Thurmond
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Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Thurmond,W. D.
Architectural Style:
No Style Listed
Area of Significance:
Transportation, Architecture, Commerce
Period of Significance:
1950-1974, 1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Commerce/Trade, Domestic, Transportation
Historic Sub-function:
Business, Rail-Related, Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Domestic, Recreation And Culture
Current Sub-function:
Outdoor Recreation, Single Dwelling
Winebrenner's Crossroads Historic District (added 2008 - - #08000924)
Golf Course Rd. at VanClevesville Rd. and Winebrenner Rd. , Martinsburg
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Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering
Architectural Style:
Late 19th And Early 20th Century American Movements, No Style Listed
Area of Significance:
Architecture
Period of Significance:
1950-1974, 1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1850-1874
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Agriculture/Subsistence, Domestic, Domestic, Transportation
Historic Sub-function:
Agricultural Outbuildings, Road-Related, Secondary Structure, Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Agriculture/Subsistence, Domestic, Domestic, Transportation
Current Sub-function:
Agricultural Outbuildings, Road-Related, Secondary Structure, Single Dwelling
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