Pocahontas Historic District

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Pocahontas Historic District
(U.S. Registered Historic District)
Nearest city: Pocahontas, Virginia
Built/Founded: 1881
Architect: Southwest Virginia Improvement Co.
Architectural style(s): Late Victorian
Added to NRHP: November 03, 1972[1]
NRHP Reference#: 72001418
Governing body: Local

Pocahontas Historic District is a historic district including the town of Pocahontas, Virginia in the Pocahontas coalfield. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1972.[2]

It is near Pocahontas Exhibition Coal Mine, a U.S. National Historic Landmark which was Mine No. 1 of the Pocahontas coalfield.

A topographical map indentifying the district borders is here, at Virginia DHR.

[edit] References

  1. ^ National Register Information System. National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service (2007-01-23).
  2. ^ Staff, Virginia Historic Landmarks Commission (March, 1972), National Register of Historic Places Inventory-Nomination: Pocahontas Historic DistrictPDF (32 KB), National Park Service  (version available at Virginia DHR)

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