Nellis Historic District

Nellis Historic District
Location Off Cty Rte. 1, Nellis, West Virginia
Coordinates 38°9′17″N 81°44′29″W / 38.15472°N 81.74139°WCoordinates: 38°9′17″N 81°44′29″W / 38.15472°N 81.74139°W
Area 95 acres (38 ha)
Built 1920-1955
Architect Minter Homes Corp.
Architectural style Company housing
Governing body Private
NRHP Reference #

00000292

[1]
Added to NRHP March 24, 2000

Nellis Historic District is national historic district located at Nellis, Boone County, West Virginia. It encompasses 82 contributing buildings, three contributing structures, and one contributing object. The district includes the commercial, ecclesiastical, and residential buildings built by the Nellis Coal Company as a planned community between 1920 and 1955. The community was a model for coal communities in Boone County and the southern coal fields. Included in the district is the Nellis Church / Nellis Archives (1926), stone wall constructed by the Works Progress Administration (c. 1935), coal company storage building (c. 1945), Nellis Company Store and Offices (1922), community bulletin board (c. 1921), Superintendent's House (c. 1925), and clubhouse (c. 1925).[2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2000.[1]

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. 2009-03-13.
  2. ↑ Erin Pogany and Katherine Jourdan (December 1999). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Nellis Historic District". State of West Virginia, West Virginia Division of Culture and History, Historic Preservation. Retrieved 2011-06-02.