Foster Falls Historic District Explained

Foster Falls Historic District
Nrhp Type:hd
Nocat:yes
Designated Other1:Virginia Landmarks Register
Designated Other1 Date:September 17, 2005[1]
Designated Other1 Number:098-5141
Designated Other1 Num Position:bottom
Location:New River Trail State Park, 176 Orphanage Dr., near Max Meadows, Virginia
Coordinates:36.8836°N -80.8556°W
Architect:Graham and Robinson
Architecture:Late Victorian
Added:November 12, 2009
Refnum:09000925

Foster Falls Historic District is a national historic district located near Max Meadows, Wythe County, Virginia.[2] The district encompasses 12 contributing buildings, 2 contributing sites, and 3 contributing structures in the village of Foster Falls. They are primarily industrial and commercial buildings and structures built in the late-19th century. They include the iron furnace stack, the rail bed and frame railroad passenger station (c. 1887), a general store building, and a combination gristmill/sawmill. The district includes the Foster Falls Hotel, a late-Victorian style brick building. The hotel property includes two brick dependencies associated with an orphanage that occupied the hotel building beginning in 1938. It now serves as the headquarters of the New River Trail State Park.[3]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2009.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Virginia Landmarks Register. Virginia Department of Historic Resources. 5 June 2013.
  2. Web site: Foster Falls Historic District on Wikimapia.
  3. Web site: National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Foster Falls Historic District . Michael J. Pulice. May 2009. Virginia Department of Historic Resources. and Accompanying four photos and Accompanying map