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

Location of McDowell County in 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.

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.

Current listings

	Name on the Register	Image	Date listed	Location	City or town	Description
1	Algoma Coal and Coke Company Store		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 Coal and Coke Company Store)	Algoma
2	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		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		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	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	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		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		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		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		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		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		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.
13	Pocahontas Fuel Company Store		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		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 (Pocahontas Fuel Company Store and Office Buildings)	Jenkinjones
15	U.S. Coal and Coke Company Store		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.
16	Welch Commercial Historic District		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 Commercial Historic District)	Welch
17	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