Sistersville Historic District | |
Sistersville, West Virginia, December 2006 | |
Location | From Chelsea to the Ohio River between Catherine and both sides of Virginia Sts., Sistersville, West Virginia |
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Coordinates | 39°33′55″N80°59′45″W / 39.56528°N 80.99583°W Coordinates: 39°33′55″N80°59′45″W / 39.56528°N 80.99583°W |
Area | 45 acres (18 ha) |
Built | 1815 |
Architect | O`Neil, William B. |
Architectural style | Colonial Revival, Greek Revival, Late Victorian |
NRHP reference No. | 75001899 [1] |
Added to NRHP | August 13, 1975 |
Sistersville Historic District is a national historic district located at Sistersville, Tyler County, West Virginia. It encompasses 215 contributing buildings and one contributing structure that include the civic, commercial, and residential core of Sistersville. Most of the buildings in the district date from the late-19th and early-20th century in popular architectural styles, such as Greek Revival, Colonial Revival, and Late Victorian. Notable buildings include the Russell Building or Daily Oil Review Office (1832), McCormick /Henderson House (1880-1884), St. Paul's Episcopal Church (1885), Main Street School (1896), Union National Bank Building, Henneghan-Daly Block (1896), and Riverside Mill (1852). Also located in the district are the separately listed Sistersville City Hall (1897) and Wells Inn (1894). [2]
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1975. [1]
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West Washington Historic District is a national historic district located at South Bend, St. Joseph County, Indiana. It encompasses 330 contributing buildings in an upper class residential section of South Bend. It developed between about 1854 and 1910, and includes notable examples of Italianate, Greek Revival, and Romanesque Revival style architecture. Located in the district are the separately listed Morey-Lampert House, Oliver Mansion designed by Lamb and Rich, Second St. Joseph County Courthouse, South Bend Remedy Company Building, and Tippecanoe Place. Other notable buildings include the Bartlett House (1850), Birdsell House (1897), DeRhodes House designed by Frank Lloyd Wright, Holley House, Kaiser-Schmidt House, Listenberger-Nemeth House, Meahger-Daughterty House (1884), O'Brien House, Oren House, The People's Church (1889), St. Hedwig's Church, St. Patrick's Church (1886), St. Paul's Memorial United Methodist Church (1901), West House, and a rwo of worker's house.