Sophia Historic District

Historic district in West Virginia, United States

United States historic place


Sophia Historic District
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
U.S. Historic district

Sophia Historic District, July 2007
37°42′34″N 81°15′7″W / 37.70944°N 81.25194°W / 37.70944; -81.25194
Area	5 acres (2.0 ha)
Architect	Milano
Architectural style	Early Commercial
NRHP reference No.	06000163 ^[1]
Added to NRHP	March 22, 2006

Sophia Historic District is a national historic district located at Sophia, Raleigh County, West Virginia. It encompasses 22 contributing buildings located in the central business district of Sophia. The consist primarily of one and two story masonry buildings with storefronts on the first floor and housing in the upper stories. Notable buildings include the Filling Station (c. 1925), Reck's Place/The Chestnut Tree Café and Art Gallery (c. 1936), Attili Building (1939), Visionz Lounge (c. 1955), LB & J Antiques (1937), Ben Franklin / Federated Department Store (c. 1937), and Sophia Theater (c. 1925).^[2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2006.^[1]

References

^ ^a ^b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
^ Joellen A. Kerr (December 2005). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Sophia Historic District" (PDF). State of West Virginia, West Virginia Division of Culture and History, Historic Preservation. Retrieved July 9, 2011.