South Charles Town Historic District

Historic district in West Virginia, United States

United States historic place


South Charles Town Historic District
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
U.S. Historic district

Perkins House, May 2011
39°16′40.85″N 77°51′8.95″W / 39.2780139°N 77.8524861°W / 39.2780139; -77.8524861
Area	48 acres (19 ha)
Built	1840-1950
Architect	Holmes, Julius
NRHP reference No.	09000733^[1]
Added to NRHP	September 16, 2009

South Charles Town Historic District is a national historic district located at Charles Town, Jefferson County, West Virginia. The primarily residential district encompasses 145 contributing buildings and 2 contributing structures. It includes a number of examples of high style residential architecture and older architectural forms that survived the American Civil War. This architecture reflects the growing prosperity and economic diversity of Charles Town in the years between 1840 and 1950.^[2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2009.^[1]

References

^ ^a ^b "National Register of Historic Places Listings". Weekly List of Actions Taken on Properties: 9/14/09 through 9/18/09. National Park Service. September 25, 2009.
^ Barbara Rasmussen (January 2009). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: South Charles Town Historic District" (PDF). State of West Virginia, West Virginia Division of Culture and History, Historic Preservation. Retrieved June 2, 2011.