Downtown Huntington Historic District

Downtown Huntington Historic District
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
U.S. Historic district
Fourth Avenue in the Downtown Huntington Historic District
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Location	Roughly bounded by 3rd Ave., 10th St., 5th Ave., and 7th and 8th Sts.; also portions of 3rd Ave. to the alley between 6th and 7th Aves. and from 12th St. to 7th St., Huntington, West Virginia
Coordinates	38°26′2″N 82°24′33″W
Area	70 acres (28 ha)
Architectural style	Gothic Revival, Late Victorian, Art Deco, Baroque
NRHP reference No.	86000309, 07000240[1]
Added to NRHP	February 24, 1986, expanded March 22, 2007

Downtown Huntington Historic District is a national historic district located at Huntington, Cabell County, West Virginia. The original district encompassed 59 contributing buildings; the boundary increase added 53 more contributing buildings. It includes the central business district of Huntington and includes several of its municipal and governmental buildings. It contains the majority of the historic concentration of downtown commercial buildings. Located in the district are the separately listed Carnegie Public Library, Cabell County Courthouse, U.S. Post Office and Court House, and Campbell-Hicks House.^[2][3]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1986. A boundary increase occurred in 2007.^[1]

Notable buildings

• Anderson-Newcomb/Stone & Thomas Building (c. 1902)
• Davis Opera House (c. 1885)
• Central Huntington Garage/Hines Building (c. 1925)
• Frederick Building (1906)
• Gideon Building (c. 1915)
• Huntington Arcade (1925)
• Huntington City Hall (1915)
• Johnson Memorial Church (c.1886/1912/1935)
• Keith-Albee Theatre (1928)
• Love Hardware Building (c. 1884)
• Morrison Building (1919)
• Reuschleins Jewelry building (1923)
• The Wesvanawha Building (1929-originally Lewis Building)
• Trinity Episcopal Church (1882)
• West Virginia Building (c. 1924)

Churches

• Fifth Avenue Baptist Church (1916)
• First Presbyterian Church (1895)
• First United Methodist Church/First Methodist Episcopal Church (1913)
• Johnson Memorial Church (c.1886/1912/1935)
• Trinity Episcopal Church (1882)

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See also

• List of neighborhoods in Huntington, West Virginia
• National Register of Historic Places listings in Cabell County, West Virginia

References

1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
2. Cabell County Landmark Commission (July 1985). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Huntington Downtown Historic District" (PDF). State of West Virginia, West Virginia Division of Culture and History, Historic Preservation. Retrieved July 23, 2011.
3. Michael Gioulis (October 2006). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination: Downtown Huntington Historic District (Boundary increase and additional information)" (PDF). State of West Virginia, West Virginia Division of Culture and History, Historic Preservation. Retrieved July 23, 2011.