Pocahontas Fuel Company Store (Switchback, West Virginia)

Pocahontas Fuel Company Store
Location US 52, Switchback, West Virginia
Coordinates 37°22′13″N 81°23′5″W / 37.37028°N 81.38472°W / 37.37028; -81.38472Coordinates: 37°22′13″N 81°23′5″W / 37.37028°N 81.38472°W / 37.37028; -81.38472
Area less than one acre
Architectural style Classical Revival
MPS Coal Company Stores in McDowell County MPS
NRHP Reference # 92000330[1]
Added to NRHP April 17, 1992

Pocahontas Fuel Company Store is a historic company store building located at Switchback, McDowell County, West Virginia. It was designed by noted architect Alex B. Mahood, and built in 1917. It is a two-story brick building with a one-story wing that housed the business office. It has a flat roof, sits on a high stone foundation, and features Classical Revival detailing. It has a brick cornice with a concrete parapet and a concrete entablature with dentils.[2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1992.[1]

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References

  1. 1 2 National Park Service (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. ↑ Stacy Sone (December 1991). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Pocahontas Fuel Company Store" (PDF). State of West Virginia, West Virginia Division of Culture and History, Historic Preservation. Retrieved 2011-08-05.


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