Ronceverte Historic District

Ronceverte Historic District

C & O Passenger Depot, April 2009
Location Roughly along Main St., Pochantas, Monroe, and Greenbrier, Ronceverte, West Virginia
Coordinates 37°45′0″N 80°28′3″W / 37.75000°N 80.46750°W / 37.75000; -80.46750Coordinates: 37°45′0″N 80°28′3″W / 37.75000°N 80.46750°W / 37.75000; -80.46750
Area 109 acres (44 ha)
Architectural style Late 19th And 20th Century Revivals, Late 19th And Early 20th Century American Movements
NRHP Reference # 05000396[1]
Added to NRHP May 6, 2005

Ronceverte Historic District is a national historic district located at Ronceverte, Greenbrier County, West Virginia. The district encompasses 215 contributing buildings, one contributing site, and three contributing structures located in the commercial district and surrounding residential section. It includes residential and commercial buildings, along with several churches, a historic train depot and locomotive coaling tower, one historic bridge, and several historic brick-paved streets. The oldest building is "Edgarton," built about 1832 and heavily remodeled in the 1880s. Other notable buildings are the old Ronceverte City Hall, Episcopal Church of the Incarnation (1886), Trinity Methodist Church (1880s), Grand Theater (1937), and C & O Passenger Depot (1915).[2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2005.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 National Park Service (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. ↑ David L. Taylor (August 2004). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Ronceverte Historic District" (PDF). State of West Virginia, West Virginia Division of Culture and History, Historic Preservation. Retrieved 2011-08-05.


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