National Register of Historic Places listings in McDowell County, West Virginia

This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in McDowell County, West Virginia.

This is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in McDowell County, West Virginia, United States. The locations of National Register properties and districts for which the latitude and longitude coordinates are included below, may be seen in an online map.^[1]

There are 17 properties and districts listed on the National Register in the county. Most of these locations are the former company stores of coal companies.

This National Park Service list is complete through NPS recent listings posted July 12, 2024.^[2]

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**Contents:** Counties in West Virginia
Barbour - Berkeley - Boone - Braxton - Brooke - Cabell - Calhoun - Clay - Doddridge - Fayette - Gilmer - Grant - Greenbrier - Hampshire - Hancock - Hardy - Harrison - Jackson - Jefferson - Kanawha - Lewis - Lincoln - Logan - Marion - Marshall - Mason - McDowell - Mercer - Mineral - Mingo - Monongalia - Monroe - Morgan - Nicholas - Ohio - Pendleton - Pleasants - Pocahontas - Preston - Putnam - Raleigh - Randolph - Ritchie - Roane - Summers - Taylor - Tucker - Tyler - Upshur - Wayne - Webster - Wetzel - Wirt - Wood - Wyoming

Current listings

^[3]	Name on the Register	Image	Date listed^[4]	Location	City or town	Description
1	Algoma Coal and Coke Company Store	Algoma Coal and Coke Company Store More images	April 17, 1992 (#92000323)	County Route 17 37°25′10″N 81°25′35″W / 37.419444°N 81.426389°W / 37.419444; -81.426389	Algoma
2	Ashland Company Store	Ashland Company Store	May 5, 2005 (#05000399)	County Route 17 37°24′33″N 81°21′14″W / 37.409167°N 81.353889°W / 37.409167; -81.353889 (Ashland Company Store)	Ashland
3	Carter Coal Company Store	Carter Coal Company Store	April 17, 1992 (#92000329)	Junction of WV 16 and County Route 12/8 37°20′01″N 81°40′28″W / 37.333611°N 81.674444°W / 37.333611; -81.674444 (Carter Coal Company Store)	Caretta
4	Carter Coal Company Store	Carter Coal Company Store	April 17, 1992 (#92000328)	County Route 2 37°23′14″N 81°39′06″W / 37.387222°N 81.651667°W / 37.387222; -81.651667 (Carter Coal Company Store)	Coalwood	Demolished March 29, 2008.^[5]
5	Empire Coal Company Store	Empire Coal Company Store	April 17, 1992 (#92000321)	U.S. Route 52 37°24′43″N 81°28′28″W / 37.411944°N 81.474444°W / 37.411944; -81.474444 (Empire Coal Company Store)	Landgraff	No longer extant.^[6]
6	Houston Coal Company Store	Houston Coal Company Store	April 17, 1992 (#92000331)	U.S. Route 52 37°25′48″N 81°30′32″W / 37.43°N 81.508889°W / 37.43; -81.508889 (Houston Coal Company Store)	Carswell
7	James Ellwood Jones House	James Ellwood Jones House	April 2, 1992 (#92000306)	North of U.S. Route 52, east of Turkey Gap Branch 37°22′17″N 81°22′52″W / 37.371389°N 81.381111°W / 37.371389; -81.381111 (James Ellwood Jones House)	Switchback
8	John J. Lincoln House	John J. Lincoln House	July 16, 1992 (#92000900)	North of U.S. Route 52 37°23′07″N 81°24′46″W / 37.385278°N 81.412778°W / 37.385278; -81.412778 (John J. Lincoln House)	Elkhorn
9	McDowell County Courthouse	McDowell County Courthouse More images	August 29, 1979 (#79003256)	Wyoming St. 37°25′57″N 81°35′03″W / 37.4325°N 81.584167°W / 37.4325; -81.584167 (McDowell County Courthouse)	Welch
10	Page Coal and Coke Company Store	Page Coal and Coke Company Store More images	April 17, 1992 (#92000325)	WV 161 37°20′57″N 81°27′53″W / 37.349167°N 81.464722°W / 37.349167; -81.464722 (Page Coal and Coke Company Store)	Pageton
11	Peerless Coal Company Store	Peerless Coal Company Store	April 17, 1992 (#92000322)	South of U.S. Route 52 37°25′03″N 81°29′26″W / 37.4175°N 81.490556°W / 37.4175; -81.490556 (Peerless Coal Company Store)	Vivian
12	Pocahontas Fuel Company Store	Pocahontas Fuel Company Store	April 17, 1992 (#92000324)	U.S. Route 52 37°22′32″N 81°21′48″W / 37.375694°N 81.363333°W / 37.375694; -81.363333 (Pocahontas Fuel Company Store)	Maybeury	Demolished sometime after March 2005.^[7]
13	Pocahontas Fuel Company Store	Upload image	April 17, 1992 (#92000330)	U.S. Route 52 37°22′14″N 81°23′04″W / 37.370417°N 81.384583°W / 37.370417; -81.384583 (Pocahontas Fuel Company Store)	Switchback
14	Pocahontas Fuel Company Store and Office Buildings	Pocahontas Fuel Company Store and Office Buildings More images	April 17, 1992 (#92000326)	County Route 8 37°17′28″N 81°25′25″W / 37.291111°N 81.423611°W / 37.291111; -81.423611	Jenkinjones
15	U.S. Coal and Coke Company Store	U.S. Coal and Coke Company Store More images	April 17, 1992 (#92000327)	County Route 13/2 37°21′05″N 81°32′51″W / 37.351389°N 81.5475°W / 37.351389; -81.5475 (U.S. Coal and Coke Company Store)	Ream	Demolished sometime between March 2004 and 2006.^[7]
16	Welch Commercial Historic District	Welch Commercial Historic District More images	April 2, 1992 (#92000305)	Roughly bounded by Wyoming St., Elkhorn Creek and the Tug River 37°25′57″N 81°35′08″W / 37.4325°N 81.585556°W / 37.4325; -81.585556	Welch	Boundary increase approved December 14, 2018
17	World War Memorial	World War Memorial	April 9, 1993 (#93000227)	U.S. Route 52 37°25′31″N 81°30′24″W / 37.425278°N 81.506667°W / 37.425278; -81.506667 (World War Memorial)	Kimball

References

^ The latitude and longitude information provided in this table was derived originally from the National Register Information System, which has been found to be fairly accurate for about 99% of listings. Some locations in this table may have been corrected to current GPS standards.
^ National Park Service, United States Department of the Interior, "National Register of Historic Places: Weekly List Actions", retrieved July 12, 2024.
^ Numbers represent an alphabetical ordering by significant words. Various colorings, defined here, differentiate National Historic Landmarks and historic districts from other NRHP buildings, structures, sites or objects.
^ The eight-digit number below each date is the number assigned to each location in the National Register Information System database, which can be viewed by clicking the number.
^ "Coalwood". Archived from the original on January 11, 2010. Retrieved March 16, 2010.
^ "Aerial Photography of Empire Coal Company Store Site". Google Maps. Google. Retrieved April 27, 2010.
^ ^a ^b Dellamea, Chris. "Flat Top Field - McDowell County". Coalfields of the Appalachian Mountains. Retrieved April 27, 2010.