Algoma Coal and Coke Company Store explained

Algoma Coal and Coke Company Store
Location:Co. Rt. 17, Algoma, West Virginia
Coordinates:37.4194°N -81.4264°W
Architecture:Moderne
Added:April 17, 1992
Area:less than one acre
Built:1948
Architect:Hassel T. Hicks
Refnum:92000323

Algoma Coal and Coke Company Store, also known as Tug River Health Clinic, is a historic company store building located at Algoma, McDowell County, West Virginia. It was built in the 1948 to a design by Welch architect Hassel T. Hicks.[1] It is a two-story building with a flat roof, with exterior walls of glazed yellow tile with alternating bands of red brick in the Moderne style. It originally housed a store and offices and has also been home to a health clinic.[2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1992.

Notes and References

  1. Chambers, S. Allen. Buildings of West Virginia. New York: Oxford University Press, 2004.
  2. Web site: National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Algoma Coal and Coke Company Store. December 1991. 2011-08-05 . Stacy Sone. State of West Virginia, West Virginia Division of Culture and History, Historic Preservation. https://web.archive.org/web/20110629190341/http://www.wvculture.org/shpo/nr/pdf/mcdowell/92000323.pdf. 29 June 2011 . live.