Hinton Historic District

The Hinton Historic District is a national historic district located at Hinton, Summers County, West Virginia. The original Hinton Historic District is bordered roughly by the Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad line, James Street, 5th Avenue, and Roundhouse. The boundary increase extended the district to include Mill Street. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1984 and revised in 2005.[1]

Hinton Historic District
Temple Street in the historic district in 2007
Hinton Historic District is located in West Virginia
Hinton Historic District
Hinton Historic District is located in the United States
Hinton Historic District
LocationRoughly bounded by C & O RR, James St., 5th Ave., and Roundhouse; Hill St. Hinton, West Virginia
Coordinates37°40′25″N 80°53′11″W
Area80 acres (32 ha)
Built1837
ArchitectBates, Richard M.; et al.
Architectural styleClassical Revival, Late Victorian, American Four-Square
NRHP reference No.84003670, 05000661[1]
Added to NRHPFebruary 17, 1984, July 6, 2005

It encompasses 212 contributing buildings, one contributing structure (a railroad water tank), and two contributing objects (veterans' memorials). They include the business and commercial core of Hinton and surrounding residential areas. The buildings are largely two and three story with first floor commercial activities with offices and apartments above. Many of the buildings feature stone trim and some have cast iron store fronts. Residential buildings are representative of popular late 19th- and early 20th-century architectural styles.

Notable buildings include the Wagon Wheel Restaurant (1876), Summers County Library, R.R. Flanagan Building (c. 1906), Lowe Furniture Company Building (c. 1905), former National Bank of Summers building, O. Ike Keaton residence (c. 1905), Bluestone Tire Company building (C. 1919), C&O Railway Passenger Station, Y.M.C.A. (c. 1911), First Baptist Church (1913), Hotel McCreery (c. 1907), Ewart-Miller Building (c. 1905), McCreery / Palmer residence, Carnegie Library, Summers County Jail (1870s), and U.S. Post Office (1926, expanded 1960s). Located in the district is the separately listed Summers County Courthouse.[2][3]

  • Hotel McCreery
    Hotel McCreery
  • Hinton Railroad Museum and St. Patrick Church on Temple Street
    Hinton Railroad Museum and St. Patrick Church on Temple Street
  • Big Four Building
    Big Four Building
  • 213-215 Second Street housed Cheri's Vegan Restaurant, now closed. 213 (left) was built in the 1930s in the Arts and Crafts style and long served as a diner.
    213-215 Second Street housed Cheri's Vegan Restaurant, now closed. 213 (left) was built in the 1930s in the Arts and Crafts style and long served as a diner.
  • First Presbyterian Church
    First Presbyterian Church
  • Hinton High School (now a middle school)
    Hinton High School (now a middle school)
  • Campbell-Flannagan-Murrell House Museum
    Campbell-Flannagan-Murrell House Museum
  • Industrial buildings in the district
    Industrial buildings in the district
  • Carnegie Library, now a veterans museum
    Carnegie Library, now a veterans museum
  • Rear of Hinton station
    Rear of Hinton station

References
  1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
  2. Paul D. Marshall (September 1983). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Hinton Historic District" (PDF). State of West Virginia, West Virginia Division of Culture and History, Historic Preservation. Retrieved July 9, 2011.
  3. David L. Taylor (July 2004). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Hinton Historic District (Boundary Revision)" (PDF). State of West Virginia, West Virginia Division of Culture and History, Historic Preservation. Retrieved July 9, 2011.

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