Mercer Street Historic District

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).[2]

Mercer Street Historic District
Contributing Business to the Historic District--The Bronze Look
Mercer Street Historic District is located in West Virginia
Mercer Street Historic District
Mercer Street Historic District is located in the United States
Mercer Street Historic District
LocationMercer St. bet. North First St. and North St., Princeton, West Virginia
Coordinates37°22′13″N 81°5′15″W
Area6 acres (2.4 ha)
Built1908
Architectural styleLate Victorian, Late 19th And Early 20th Century American Movements
NRHP reference No.03001060[1]
Added to NRHPOctober 17, 2003

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2003.[1]

References
  1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. Michael Gioulis (July 2002). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Mercer Street Historic District" (PDF). State of West Virginia, West Virginia Division of Culture and History, Historic Preservation. Retrieved August 18, 2011.
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