Beverly Historic District
Beverly Historic District | |
The Beverly Heritage Center, March 2012 | |
Location in West Virginia | |
Location | WV 92 and U.S. 219 and 250, Beverly, West Virginia |
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Coordinates | 38°50′29″N 79°52′30″W / 38.84139°N 79.87500°W |
Area | 40 acres (16 ha) |
Built by | Multiple, including Lemurl Chenoweth |
Architectural style | Classical Revival, Other, Federal, Georgian Revival |
NRHP reference No. | 80004040[1] (original) 14001062 (increase) |
Significant dates | |
Added to NRHP | January 11, 1980 |
Boundary increase | December 16, 2014 |
Beverly Historic District is a national historic district located at Beverly, Randolph County, West Virginia. It encompasses 51 contributing buildings that reflect the history of Beverly from its founding to the end of the 19th century. Notable buildings include the Randolph County Courthouse (1808–1894; 1896–1900), old Randolph County Jail (1813–1841), Randolph County Jail (1841), Beverly Public Square (1787), Beverly Cemetery (1768), Beverly Presbyterian Church (1869), Beverly United Methodist Church (1890), Home of "The Enterprise" (c. 1800), and the Peter Buckey House and Hotel (1790–1865). Also located in the district is the separately listed Blackman-Bosworth Store.[2][3]
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980, and increased in size in 2014.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ C. E. Turley (January 1979). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Beverly Historic District" (PDF). State of West Virginia, West Virginia Division of Culture and History, Historic Preservation. Retrieved September 10, 2011.
- ^ Courtney Fint Zimmerman (January 1979). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Beverly Historic District Boundary Increase" (PDF). State of West Virginia, West Virginia Division of Culture and History, Historic Preservation. Retrieved December 16, 2014.
- Historic districts on the National Register of Historic Places in West Virginia
- National Register of Historic Places in Randolph County, West Virginia
- Neoclassical architecture in West Virginia
- Federal architecture in West Virginia
- Georgian Revival architecture in West Virginia
- Historic districts in Randolph County, West Virginia
- Potomac Highlands Registered Historic Place stubs