Downtown Huntington Historic District
Downtown Huntington Historic District is a national historic district located at Huntington, Cabell County, West Virginia. The original district encompassed 59 contributing buildings; the boundary increase added 53 more contributing buildings. It includes the central business district of Huntington and includes several of its municipal and governmental buildings. It contains the majority of the historic concentration of downtown commercial buildings. Located in the district are the separately listed Carnegie Public Library, Cabell County Courthouse, U.S. Post Office and Court House, and Campbell-Hicks House.
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1986. A boundary increase occurred in 2007.
Notable buildings
- Anderson-Newcomb/Stone & Thomas Building (c. 1902)
- Davis Opera House (c. 1885)
- Frederick Building (1906)
- Gideon Building (c. 1915)
- Huntington Arcade (1925)
- Huntington City Hall (1915)
- Johnson Memorial Church (c.1886/1912/1935)
- Keith-Albee Theatre (1928)
- Love Hardware Building (c. 1884)
- Morrison Building (1919)
- Reuschleins Jewelry building (1923)
- The Wesvanawha Building (1929-originally Lewis Building)
- Trinity Episcopal Church (1882)
- West Virginia Building (c. 1924)
See also
References
- ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ Cabell County Landmark Commission (July 1985). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Huntington Downtown Historic District" (PDF). State of West Virginia, West Virginia Division of Culture and History, Historic Preservation. Retrieved July 23, 2011.
- ^ Michael Gioulis (October 2006). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination: Downtown Huntington Historic District (Boundary increase and additional information)" (PDF). State of West Virginia, West Virginia Division of Culture and History, Historic Preservation. Retrieved July 23, 2011.
