Pickaway Rural Historic District

Pickaway
Location Roughly between U.S. Route 219 and WV 3, near Union, West Virginia
Coordinates 37°38′5″N 80°30′41″W / 37.63472°N 80.51139°W / 37.63472; -80.51139Coordinates: 37°38′5″N 80°30′41″W / 37.63472°N 80.51139°W / 37.63472; -80.51139
Area 3,005 acres (1,216 ha)
Architectural style Greek Revival, Queen Anne
NRHP Reference # 99000290[1]
Added to NRHP March 5, 1999

Pickaway Rural Historic District is a national historic district located at Pickaway, near Union, West Virginia, Monroe County, West Virginia. The district includes 126 contributing buildings, 1 contributing sites, and 7 contributing structures centered on Pickaway and surrounding rural areas. Notable properties in the core include the Reverend John Simpson House (1840), Pickaway School (1890), Trinity Methodist Episcopal South Church (1887), Pickaway Store and Post Office (c. 1885), and frame mill and blacksmith shop (c. 1800). Surrounding farms included in the district are the Gilchrist-Pritt-Perrine farms; Overholt-Gilcrist-Pritt and McClung farms; Beckett, Kilcollin, and Lemon farms; and Siebold and Weikle farms.[2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1999.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 National Park Service (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. ↑ Barbara Sibold and Ronald L. Ripley (August 1998). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Pickaway Rural Historic District" (PDF). State of West Virginia, West Virginia Division of Culture and History, Historic Preservation. Retrieved 2011-08-18.


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