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Ronceverte Historic District is a
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 ...
in Ronceverte,
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, United States, that is 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 ...
.


Description

The district encompasses 215 contributing buildings, one contributing site, and three contributing structures located in the commercial district and surrounding residential section. It includes residential and commercial buildings, along with several churches, a historic train depot and locomotive
coaling tower A coaling tower, coal stage, coaling plant or coaling station is a facility used to load coal as fuel into railway steam locomotives. Coaling towers were often sited at motive power depots or locomotive maintenance shops. In the early years of ...
, one historic bridge, and several historic brick-paved streets. The oldest building is "Edgarton," built about 1832 and heavily remodeled in the 1880s. Other notable buildings are the old Ronceverte City Hall, Episcopal Church of the Incarnation (1886), Trinity Methodist Church (1880s), Grand Theater (1937), and C&O Passenger Depot (1915). 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 ...
May 6, 2005.


See also

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National Register of Historic Places listings in Greenbrier County, West Virginia This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Greenbrier County, West Virginia. This is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Greenbrier County, Wes ...


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* National Register of Historic Places in Greenbrier County, West Virginia Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in West Virginia Commercial buildings on the National Register of Historic Places in West Virginia Historic districts in Greenbrier County, West Virginia Houses in Greenbrier County, West Virginia Historic districts on the National Register of Historic Places in West Virginia {{GreenbrierCountyWV-NRHP-stub