Alderson Historic District

Alderson Historic District
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
U.S. Historic district
File:Alderson WV Depot - Trackside.jpg
Cheasapeake and Ohio depot, November 2007
Location	Roughly, along Monroe St., Riverview Dr., Railroad Ave. and adjacent streets, Alderson, West Virginia
Coordinates
Area	139 acres (56 ha)
Built	1789
Architectural style	Queen Anne, Federal, Greek Revival
NRHP Reference #	93001231
Added to NRHP	November 12, 1993

Alderson Historic District is a national historic district located at Alderson, Greenbrier County and Monroe County, West Virginia. The district encompasses 196 contributing buildings and three contributing sites located in the commercial district and surrounding residential section. They are predominantly 19th and early 20th century frame detached residences and masonry commercial buildings including notable examples of the Federal, Greek Revival, and Queen Anne styles. Notable buildings include the Woodson Mohler Grocery building, Johnson and Gwinn warehouse, Greenbrier Mill, First National Bank building, Alderson's Store, Cheasapeake and Ohio depot, U.S. Post Office, and the City Hall (1939). The Alderson Ferry Site is for the ferry established 1789. Located in the district is the separately listed Alderson Bridge.

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1993.

Gallery

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  The "historic district" in Alderson, West Virginia (on the Monroe County side of the Greenbrier River), April 2009

External links

All of the following are located in Alderson, Greenbrier County, WV:

• Historic American Buildings Survey (HABS) No. WV-239, "102 Railroad Avenue (House)", 2 photos, 6 data pages, 1 photo caption page
• HABS No. WV-240, "104 Railroad Avenue (House)", 3 photos, 6 data pages, 1 photo caption page
• HABS No. WV-241, "107 Railroad Avenue (Commercial Building)", 4 photos, 6 data pages, 1 photo caption page
• HABS No. WV-242, "102 North Monroe Street (Commercial Building)", 4 photos, 6 data pages, 1 photo caption page