Pocahontas Historic District Explained

Pocahontas Historic District
Nrhp Type:hd
Nocat:yes
Designated Other1:Virginia Landmarks Register
Designated Other1 Date:March 17, 1972[1]
Designated Other1 Number:092-0011
Designated Other1 Num Position:bottom
Location:Corporate boundaries of Pocahontas including cemetery, Pocahontas, Virginia
Coordinates:37.3078°N -81.3428°W
Architect:Southwest Virginia Improvement Co.
Architecture:Late Victorian
Added:November 3, 1972
Refnum:72001418

Pocahontas Historic District is a national historic district located at Pocahontas in the Pocahontas coalfield, Tazewell County, Virginia. It is near Pocahontas Exhibition Coal Mine, a U.S. National Historic Landmark which was Mine No. 1 of the Pocahontas coalfield. The district encompasses 17 contributing buildings and 1 contributing structure in the town of Pocahontas. Notable buildings include the City Hall (1895), the stone Episcopal Methodist Church, Catholic Church, the old brick medical dispensary, a Synagogue, the first millinery shop in the coalfields (now the Emma Yates Memorial Library) and a Masonic Hall.[2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1972.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Virginia Landmarks Register. Virginia Department of Historic Resources. 5 June 2013.
  2. Web site: National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Pocahontas Historic District. Virginia Historic Landmarks Commission Staff. March 1972 . Virginia Department of Historic Resources. and Accompanying photo and Accompanying map