Downtown Huntington Historic District Explained

Downtown Huntington Historic District is a national historic district located at Huntington, Cabell County, West Virginia. The original district encompassed 59 contributing buildings; the boundary increase added 53 more contributing buildings. It includes the central business district of Huntington and includes several of its municipal and governmental buildings. It contains the majority of the historic concentration of downtown commercial buildings. Located in the district are the separately listed Carnegie Public Library, Cabell County Courthouse, U.S. Post Office and Court House, and Campbell-Hicks House.^{[1] [2]}

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1986. A boundary increase occurred in 2007.

Notable buildings

• Anderson-Newcomb/Stone & Thomas Building (c. 1902)
• Davis Opera House (c. 1885)
• Central Huntington Garage/Hines Building (c. 1925)
• Frederick Building (1906)
• Gideon Building (c. 1915)
• Huntington Arcade (1925)
• Huntington City Hall (1915)
• Johnson Memorial Church (c.1886/1912/1935)
• Keith-Albee Theatre (1928)
• Love Hardware Building (c. 1884)
• Morrison Building (1919)
• Reuschleins Jewelry building (1923)
• The Wesvanawha Building (1929-originally Lewis Building)
• Trinity Episcopal Church (1882)
• West Virginia Building (c. 1924)

Churches

• Fifth Avenue Baptist Church (1916)
• First Presbyterian Church (1895)
• First United Methodist Church/First Methodist Episcopal Church (1913)
• Johnson Memorial Church (c.1886/1912/1935)
• Trinity Episcopal Church (1882)

See also

• List of neighborhoods in Huntington, West Virginia
• National Register of Historic Places listings in Cabell County, West Virginia

Notes and References

1. Web site: National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Huntington Downtown Historic District . July 1985. 2011-07-23 . Cabell County Landmark Commission. State of West Virginia, West Virginia Division of Culture and History, Historic Preservation.
2. Web site: National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination: Downtown Huntington Historic District (Boundary increase and additional information). October 2006. 2011-07-23 . Michael Gioulis. State of West Virginia, West Virginia Division of Culture and History, Historic Preservation.