Pocahontas Fuel Company Store (Switchback, West Virginia)
Pocahontas Fuel Company Store | |
 Site of the store | |
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| Location | U.S. Route 52 at Switchback, West Virginia |
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| Coordinates | 37°22′13″N 81°23′5″W / 37.37028°N 81.38472°W |
| Area | less than one acre |
| Architect | Alex B. Mahood |
| Architectural style | Classical Revival |
| MPS | Coal Company Stores in McDowell County MPS |
| NRHP reference No. | 92000330[1] |
| Added to NRHP | April 17, 1992 |
The Pocahontas Fuel Company Store was a historic Pocahontas Fuel Company company store building located at Switchback, McDowell County, West Virginia. It was designed by architect Alex B. Mahood, and built in 1917. It was a two-story brick building with a one-story wing that housed the business office. It had a flat roof, sat on a high stone foundation, and featured Neoclassical detailing. It had a brick cornice with a concrete parapet and a concrete entablature with dentils.[2]
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1992.[1]
See also[edit]
- Pocahontas Fuel Company Store (Jenkinjones, West Virginia)
- Pocahontas Fuel Company Store (Maybeury, West Virginia)
References[edit]
- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ Stacy Sone (December 1991). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Pocahontas Fuel Company Store" (PDF). State of West Virginia, West Virginia Division of Culture and History, Historic Preservation. Retrieved 2011-08-05.
Categories:
- Alex B. Mahood buildings
- Neoclassical architecture in West Virginia
- Commercial buildings on the National Register of Historic Places in West Virginia
- Commercial buildings completed in 1917
- National Register of Historic Places in McDowell County, West Virginia
- Company stores in the United States
- U.S. Route 52
- New River Greenbrier Registered Historic Place stubs