Tuscarora Creek Historic District

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Tuscarora Creek Historic District
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Patterson's Mill (1765), September 2012
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LocationRoughly bounded by N. Tennessee Ave., south on Old Mill Rd., to County Route 15, near Martinsburg, West Virginia
Coordinates 39°28′10.5″N77°58′8″W / 39.469583°N 77.96889°W / 39.469583; -77.96889
Area290 acres (120 ha)
ArchitectMultiple
Architectural styleItalianate, Georgian, Federal
MPS Berkeley County MRA
NRHP reference No. 80004426 [1]
Added to NRHPDecember 10, 1980

Tuscarora Creek Historic District is a national historic district located near Martinsburg and Nollville, Berkeley County, West Virginia. It encompasses 31 contributing buildings and three contributing sites, related to the early settlement and economic development along the Tuscarora Creek. Notable buildings in the district include: Patterson's Mill (1765) and the miller's house, "Elm Dale," the Silber-Walters House, Huxley Hall, site of Patterson's New Mill and miller's house, Hibbard Mill, Tuscarora School, Providence Cemetery, the Mong House, Tuscarora Church (1802), James Noll Shop, Rumsey Mill site, and the poor house or "Mansion House" (1788). [2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980. [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. Don C. Wood. "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Tuscarora Creek Historic District" (PDF). State of West Virginia, West Virginia Division of Culture and History, Historic Preservation. Retrieved June 2, 2011.