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Whipple Company Store

United States historic place


Whipple Company Store
U.S. National Register of Historic Places


37°57′31″N 81°9′57″W / 37.95861°N 81.16583°W / 37.95861; -81.16583
Area	less than one acre
Architect	Whipple Colliery Co.
Architectural style	Romanesque revival
NRHP reference No.	91000448^[1]
Added to NRHP	April 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]

References

^ ^a ^b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
^ 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.