Wees Historic District

Historic district in West Virginia, United States

United States historic place


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

Two contributing houses at 102 and 106 Boundary Ave, July 2014
38°55′39″N 79°50′33″W / 38.92750°N 79.84250°W / 38.92750; -79.84250
Area	80 acres (32 ha)
Built	1890
Architect	Cassell, Charles E.; et al.
Architectural style	Late 19th And 20th Century Revivals, Late Victorian
NRHP reference No.	06000164^[1]
Added to NRHP	March 24, 2006

Wees Historic District is a national historic district located at Elkins, Randolph County, West Virginia. It encompasses 282 contributing buildings, 1 contributing site, and 1 contributing object in a primarily residential section of Elkins. The district includes houses representative of popular architectural styles between about 1890 and 1955. The district also includes a variety of domestic dependencies, several historic churches, the 7.9-acre City Park, a Works Progress Administration-era public building, and a small number of commercial buildings. Also in the district is a bronze equestrian statue of Henry Gassaway Davis. Located in the district are the previously listed Davis Memorial Presbyterian Church, Randolph County Courthouse and Jail, and the Warfield-Dye Residence.^[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. July 9, 2010.
^ David L. Taylor (October 2005). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Wees Historic District" (PDF). State of West Virginia, West Virginia Division of Culture and History, Historic Preservation. Retrieved September 10, 2011.