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
Coordinates 37°49′22″N 80°26′7″W / 37.82278°N 80.43528°W / 37.82278; -80.43528Coordinates: 37°49′22″N 80°26′7″W / 37.82278°N 80.43528°W / 37.82278; -80.43528
Area 350 acres (140 ha)
Architectural style Bungalow/craftsman, Late Victorian, Georgian
NRHP Reference # 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

  1. 1 2 National Park Service (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. 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 2011-08-05.


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