Pocahontas Historic District is a national historic district located at Pocahontas in the Pocahontas coalfield, Tazewell County, Virginia. It is near Pocahontas Exhibition Coal Mine, a U.S. National Historic Landmark which was Mine No. 1 of the Pocahontas coalfield. The district encompasses 17 contributing buildings and 1 contributing structure in the town of Pocahontas. Notable buildings include the City Hall (1895), the stone Episcopal Methodist Church, Catholic Church, the old brick medical dispensary, a Synagogue, the first millinery shop in the coalfields (now the Emma Yates Memorial Library) and a Masonic Hall.[3]
Pocahontas Historic District | |
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| Location | Corporate boundaries of Pocahontas including cemetery, Pocahontas, Virginia |
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| Coordinates | 37°18′28″N 81°20′34″W / 37.30778°N 81.34278°W |
| Area | 380 acres (150 ha) |
| Built | 1881 |
| Architect | Southwest Virginia Improvement Co. |
| Architectural style | Late Victorian |
| NRHP reference No. | 72001418[1] |
| VLR No. | 092-0011 |
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| Added to NRHP | November 3, 1972 |
| Designated VLR | March 17, 1972[2] |
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1972.[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.
- ^ Virginia Historic Landmarks Commission Staff (March 1972). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Pocahontas Historic District" (PDF). Virginia Department of Historic Resources. and Accompanying photo and Accompanying map