South Bluefield 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 Bluefield, Mercer County, West Virginia. The district includes 84 contributing buildings in a residential area of Bluefield known as South Bluefield. The buildings are primarily large single family residences with broad lawns, landscaped entrances and yards. The properties were mostly developed between 1930 and 1940, and are representative of popular architectural styles including Colonial Revival and Classical Revival. A number of the homes were designed by architect

Alex B. Mahood Alexander Blount Mahood (March 17, 1888 – December 25, 1970) was a Bluefield, West Virginia-based architect. Life and career Mahood was born in Lynchburg, Virginia in 1888. He attended public schools, after which he attended the École ...

. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1992.

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American Foursquare architecture in West Virginia Neoclassical architecture in West Virginia Colonial Revival architecture in West Virginia National Register of Historic Places in Mercer County, West Virginia Historic districts in Bluefield, West Virginia Historic districts on the National Register of Historic Places in West Virginia {{MercerCountyWV-NRHP-stub