Burlington Historic District is a national

historic district A historic district or heritage district is a section of a city which contains older buildings considered valuable for historical or architectural reasons. In some countries or jurisdictions, historic districts receive legal protection from c ...

located at

Burlington Burlington may refer to: Places Canada Geography * Burlington, Newfoundland and Labrador * Burlington, Nova Scotia * Burlington, Ontario, the most populous city with the name "Burlington" * Burlington, Prince Edward Island * Burlington Bay, no ...

Mineral County, West Virginia Mineral County is a county in the U.S. state of West Virginia. It is part of the Cumberland, MD-WV Metropolitan Statistical Area. As of the 2020 census, the population was 26,938. Its county seat is Keyser. The county was founded in 1866. Hi ...

. The district includes 45 contributing buildings and 2 contributing sites in the central business district and surrounding residential areas of Burlington. The district includes notable examples of vernacular interpretations of the

Greek Revival The Greek Revival was an architectural movement which began in the middle of the 18th century but which particularly flourished in the late 18th and early 19th centuries, predominantly in northern Europe and the United States and Canada, but ...

and Queen Anne styles. Notable buildings include The Homestead (), Old Fire House (), TM&P Railroad Station (), Peter Arnold House (), Thrush House (c. 1890), Burlington Union Church (), Old Presbyterian Manse (), Weaver's Antique Service Station, and Cemetery Hill. It was listed on the

National Register of Historic Places The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the United States federal government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures and objects deemed worthy of preservation for their historical significance or "great artistic v ...

in 1992.

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National Register of Historic Places in Mineral County, West Virginia Historic districts in Mineral County, West Virginia Greek Revival architecture in West Virginia Buildings and structures in Mineral County, West Virginia Queen Anne architecture in West Virginia Historic districts on the National Register of Historic Places in West Virginia {{MineralCountyWV-NRHP-stub