Hinton Historic District

Hinton Historic District
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
U.S. Historic district
The historic district in downtown Hinton
Location	Roughly bounded by C & O RR, James St., 5th Ave., and Roundhouse; Hill St. Hinton, West Virginia
Coordinates	37°40′25″N 80°53′11″W / 37.67361°N 80.88639°WCoordinates: 37°40′25″N 80°53′11″W / 37.67361°N 80.88639°W
Area	80 acres (32 ha)
Built	1837
Architect	Bates, Richard M.; et al.
Architectural style	Classical Revival, Late Victorian, American Four-Square
NRHP Reference #	84003670, 05000661[1]
Added to NRHP	February 17, 1984, July 6, 2005

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 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]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1984 and revised in 2005.^[1]

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.

References

1. National Park Service (2009-03-13). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
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 2011-07-09.
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 2011-07-09.