Pocahontas Fuel Company Store (Switchback, West Virginia)

Pocahontas Fuel Company Store
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Site of the store
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Location	U.S. Route 52 at Switchback, West Virginia
Coordinates	37°22′13″N81°23′5″W / 37.37028°N 81.38472°W / 37.37028; -81.38472
Area	less than one acre
Architect	Alex B. Mahood
Architectural style	Classical Revival
MPS	Coal Company Stores in McDowell County MPS
NRHP reference No.	92000330 [1]
Added to NRHP	April 17, 1992

The Pocahontas Fuel Company Store was a historic Pocahontas Fuel Company company store building located at Switchback, McDowell County, West Virginia. It was designed by architect Alex B. Mahood, and built in 1917. It was a two-story brick building with a one-story wing that housed the business office. It had a flat roof, sat on a high stone foundation, and featured Neoclassical detailing. It had a brick cornice with a concrete parapet and a concrete entablature with dentils. ^[2]

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

See also

• Pocahontas Fuel Company Store (Jenkinjones, West Virginia)
• Pocahontas Fuel Company Store (Maybeury, West Virginia)

References

1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
2. Stacy Sone (December 1991). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Pocahontas Fuel Company Store" (PDF). State of West Virginia, West Virginia Division of Culture and History, Historic Preservation. Retrieved August 5, 2011.