Pickaway Rural Historic District Explained

Pickaway
Nrhp Type:hd
Nocat:yes
Coordinates:37.6347°N -80.5114°W
Architecture:Greek Revival, Queen Anne
Added:March 5, 1999
Refnum:99000290

Pickaway Rural Historic District is a national historic district located at Pickaway, near Union, West Virginia, Monroe County, West Virginia. The district includes 126 contributing buildings, 1 contributing sites, and 7 contributing structures centered on Pickaway and surrounding rural areas. Notable properties in the core include the Reverend John Simpson House (1840), Pickaway School (1890), Trinity Methodist Episcopal South Church (1887), Pickaway Store and Post Office (c. 1885), and frame mill and blacksmith shop (c. 1800). Surrounding farms included in the district are the Gilchrist-Pritt-Perrine farms; Overholt-Gilcrist-Pritt and McClung farms; Beckett, Kilcollin, and Lemon farms; and Siebold and Weikle farms.[1]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1999.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Pickaway Rural Historic District. August 1998. 2011-08-18 . Barbara Sibold and Ronald L. Ripley. State of West Virginia, West Virginia Division of Culture and History, Historic Preservation.