Algoma Coal and Coke Company Store

Algoma Coal and Coke Company Store
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Company store in May 2013
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Location	Co. Rt. 17, Algoma, West Virginia
Coordinates	37°25′10″N81°25′35″W / 37.41944°N 81.42639°W / 37.41944; -81.42639
Area	less than one acre
Built	1948
Architect	Hassel T. Hicks
Architectural style	Moderne
MPS	Coal Company Stores in McDowell County MPS
NRHP reference No.	92000323 [1]
Added to NRHP	April 17, 1992

Algoma Coal and Coke Company Store, also known as Tug River Health Clinic, is a historic company store building located at Algoma, McDowell County, West Virginia. It was built in the 1948 to a design by Welch architect Hassel T. Hicks. ^[2] It is a two-story building with a flat roof, with exterior walls of glazed yellow tile with alternating bands of red brick in the Moderne style. It originally housed a store and offices and has also been home to a health clinic. ^[3]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1992. ^[1]

References

1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
2. Chambers, S. Allen. Buildings of West Virginia. New York: Oxford University Press, 2004.
3. Stacy Sone (December 1991). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Algoma Coal and Coke Company Store" (PDF). State of West Virginia, West Virginia Division of Culture and History, Historic Preservation. Archived (PDF) from the original on June 29, 2011. Retrieved August 5, 2011.