Whipple Company Store

Whipple Company Store
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Location in West Virginia Show map of West Virginia Location in United States Show map of the United States
Location	7485 Okey L. Patteson Road, Whipple, West Virginia (Addressed to Scarbro)
Coordinates	37°57′31″N81°9′57″W / 37.95861°N 81.16583°W / 37.95861; -81.16583
Area	less than one acre
Architect	Whipple Colliery Co.
Architectural style	Romanesque revival
NRHP reference No.	91000448 [1]
Added to NRHP	April 26, 1991

Whipple Company Store is a historic company store located in Whipple, West Virginia, United States. It was built about 1900, and is a two-story, frame octagon building. It sits on a coursed stone faced foundation and features a prominent arched opening at the main entrance. As a company store, it remained in operation until August 1957, when the New River Company mine closed. However, it remained occupied by retail activities until the 1980s. ^[2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1991. ^[1]

References

1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
2. Stacy Sone (February 1991). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Whipple Company Store" (PDF). State of West Virginia, West Virginia Division of Culture and History, Historic Preservation. Retrieved July 27, 2011.