Whipple Company Store

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Whipple Company Store
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Location7485 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 Coordinates: 37°57′31″N81°9′57″W / 37.95861°N 81.16583°W / 37.95861; -81.16583
Arealess than one acre
ArchitectWhipple Colliery Co.
Architectural style Romanesque revival
NRHP reference No. 91000448 [1]
Added to NRHPApril 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]

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References

  1. 1 2 "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 27 July 2011.