Bunker Hill Historic District

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Bunker Hill Historic District
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Bunker Hill Mill in 2011
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LocationJct. of US 11 and Rt. 26, Bunker Hill, West Virginia
Coordinates 39°19′56″N78°3′13″W / 39.33222°N 78.05361°W / 39.33222; -78.05361
Area14 acres (5.7 ha)
Architectural styleStick/eastlake, Gothic Revival, American Greek Revival
MPS Berkeley County MRA
NRHP reference No. 80004412 [1]
Added to NRHPDecember 10, 1980

The Bunker Hill Historic District is the center of the town of Bunker Hill, West Virginia. Today located on the road called US 11, the town was developed along the Martinsburg, West Virginia - Winchester, Virginia road. Bunker Hill served southern Berkeley County with three stores, six mills, and five churches. It was also home to a significant African-American population.

Much of the land around Bunker Hill belonged to General Elisha Boyd, who built what amounted to an industrial village, with two mills, a brick-making operation, a cooperage, and a store on part of his Edgewood Manor plantation. After General Boyd's death in 1841 his son John tried to develop the area as a town, selling some lots and building another store and a log house. The most southern lots in the town were sold to African Americans, and represent an example of a segregated community in the post-Civil War period, becoming known as "Black Row." [2]

Significant contributing buildings include:

The district was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. Wood, Don C. "National Register of Historic Places Inventory - Nomination Form: Bunker Hill Historic District" (PDF). National Park Service. Retrieved July 10, 2009.