Mercer Street Historic District Explained

Mercer Street Historic District
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Location:Mercer St. bet. North First St. and North St., Princeton, West Virginia
Coordinates:37.3703°N -81.0875°W
Built:1908
Architecture:Late Victorian, Late 19th And Early 20th Century American Movements
Added:October 17, 2003
Refnum:03001060

Mercer Street Historic District is a national historic district located at Princeton, Mercer County, West Virginia. The district includes 28 contributing buildings in the central business district of Princeton. The buildings are primarily two and three-story, masonry commercial buildings with storefronts on the first floor and housing in the upper stories. Almost all of the buildings date from the opening of the Virginian Railway in 1908 and 1909. Notable buildings include the Old Stag Clothing Store, Mercer County Schools Warehouse (c. 1930), Cleaners and Laundry Building (c. 1915), Sively Company Building (1913), Mullins Brothers Building (1912), and D&D Saddle and Tack Building (c. 1915).[1]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2003.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Mercer Street Historic District. July 2002. 2011-08-18 . Michael Gioulis. State of West Virginia, West Virginia Division of Culture and History, Historic Preservation.