The Carter Coal Company Store was a historic

company store A company, abbreviated as co., is a legal entity representing an association of people, whether natural, legal or a mixture of both, with a specific objective. Company members share a common purpose and unite to achieve specific, declared go ...

building located at Coalwood,

McDowell County, West Virginia McDowell County is a county in the U.S. state of West Virginia. As of the 2020 census, the population was 19,111. Its county seat is Welch. McDowell County is the southernmost county in the state. It was created in 1858 by the Virginia Genera ...

. It was built by the

Carter Coal Company ''Carter v. Carter Coal Company'', 298 U.S. 238 (1936), is a United States Supreme Court decision interpreting the Commerce Clause of the United States Constitution, which permits the United States Congress to "regulate Commerce... among the seve ...

about 1912, and remodeled in 1922. The one-story brick building housed a store, company offices, and a

post office A post office is a public facility and a retailer that provides mail services, such as accepting letters and parcels, providing post office boxes, and selling postage stamps, packaging, and stationery. Post offices may offer additional serv ...

. 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. The building was demolished on March 29, 2008, by owner Alawest. The site is now a grassy plot with a gazebo.

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Commercial buildings on the National Register of Historic Places in West Virginia Commercial buildings completed in 1922 Demolished buildings and structures in West Virginia National Register of Historic Places in McDowell County, West Virginia Commercial buildings completed in 1912 Former post office buildings Post office buildings on the National Register of Historic Places in West Virginia 1912 establishments in West Virginia Company stores in the United States {{McDowellCountyWV-NRHP-stub

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