Pocahontas Historic District

Pocahontas Historic District
Location Corporate boundaries of Pocahontas including cemetery, Pocahontas, Virginia
Coordinates 37°18′28″N 81°20′34″W / 37.30778°N 81.34278°W / 37.30778; -81.34278Coordinates: 37°18′28″N 81°20′34″W / 37.30778°N 81.34278°W / 37.30778; -81.34278
Area 380 acres (150 ha)
Built 1881 (1881)
Architectural style Late Victorian
NRHP Reference # 72001418[1]
VLR # 092-0011
Significant dates
Added to NRHP November 3, 1972
Designated VLR March 17, 1972[2]

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]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1972.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 Staff (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. "Virginia Landmarks Register". Virginia Department of Historic Resources. Retrieved 5 June 2013.
  3. 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


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