Foster Falls Historic District is a national historic district located near Max Meadows, Wythe County, Virginia.[3] The district encompasses 12 contributing buildings, 2 contributing sites, and 3 contributing structures in the village of Foster Falls. They are primarily industrial and commercial buildings and structures built in the late-19th century. They include the iron furnace stack, the rail bed and frame railroad passenger station (c. 1887), a general store building, and a combination gristmill/sawmill. The district includes the Foster Falls Hotel, a late-Victorian style brick building. The hotel property includes two brick dependencies associated with an orphanage that occupied the hotel building beginning in 1938. It now serves as the headquarters of the New River Trail State Park.[4]
Foster Falls Historic District | |
 Foster Falls Furnace, April 2012 | |
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| Location | New River Trail State Park, 176 Orphanage Dr., near Max Meadows, Virginia |
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| Coordinates | 36°53′1″N 80°51′20″W / 36.88361°N 80.85556°W |
| Area | 16.5 acres (6.7 ha) |
| Built | 1881 |
| Architect | Graham and Robinson |
| Architectural style | Late Victorian |
| NRHP reference No. | 09000925[1] |
| VLR No. | 098-5141 |
| Significant dates | |
| Added to NRHP | November 12, 2009 |
| Designated VLR | September 17, 2005[2] |
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2009.[1]
References
edit- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ "Virginia Landmarks Register". Virginia Department of Historic Resources. Retrieved June 5, 2013.
- ^ "Foster Falls Historic District on Wikimapia".
- ^ Michael J. Pulice (May 2009). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Foster Falls Historic District" (PDF). Virginia Department of Historic Resources. and Accompanying four photos and Accompanying map