Sistersville Historic District

Historic district in West Virginia, United States

United States historic place


Sistersville Historic District
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
U.S. Historic district

Sistersville, West Virginia, December 2006
39°33′55″N 80°59′45″W / 39.56528°N 80.99583°W / 39.56528; -80.99583
Area	45 acres (18 ha)
Built	1815
Architect	O`Neil, William B.
Architectural style	Colonial Revival, Greek Revival, Late Victorian
NRHP reference No.	75001899 ^[1]
Added to NRHP	August 13, 1975

Sistersville Historic District is a national historic district located at Sistersville, Tyler County, West Virginia. It encompasses 215 contributing buildings and one contributing structure that include the civic, commercial, and residential core of Sistersville. Most of the buildings in the district date from the late-19th and early-20th century in popular architectural styles, such as Greek Revival, Colonial Revival, and Late Victorian. Notable buildings include the Russell Building or Daily Oil Review Office (1832), McCormick /Henderson House (1880-1884), St. Paul's Episcopal Church (1885), Main Street School (1896), Union National Bank Building, Henneghan-Daly Block (1896), and Riverside Mill (1852). Also located in the district are the separately listed Sistersville City Hall (1897) and Wells Inn (1894).^[2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1975.^[1]

References

^ ^a ^b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
^ James E. Harding (April 1975). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Sistersville Historic District" (PDF). State of West Virginia, West Virginia Division of Culture and History, Historic Preservation. Retrieved July 9, 2011.