Lowther Store

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Lowther Store
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Lowther Store, September 2010
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Location1793 Replete Road, near Wheeler, West Virginia
Coordinates 38°40′40″N80°23′31″W / 38.67778°N 80.39194°W / 38.67778; -80.39194 Coordinates: 38°40′40″N80°23′31″W / 38.67778°N 80.39194°W / 38.67778; -80.39194
Area1 acre (0.40 ha)
Builtc. 1900
ArchitectAnderson, George Reuben
NRHP reference No. 97000264 [1]
Added to NRHPApril 7, 1997

Lowther Store, also known as the John A. Hinkle and Son Store, is a historic general store located near Wheeler, Webster County, West Virginia. It was built about 1900 and expanded about 1910. The store is a one-story rectangular, wood-frame building with a foundation of field stones and posts. Also on the property are a frame coal house, and a storage building located across the roadway. It is the oldest continuous operating business in Webster County. [2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1997. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
  2. Linda Lowther (November 1996). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Lowther Store" (PDF). State of West Virginia, West Virginia Division of Culture and History, Historic Preservation. Retrieved 2011-07-09.