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词条 Kingwood Historic District
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{{Infobox NRHP
| name = Kingwood Historic District
| nrhp_type = hd | nocat = yes
| image = Kingwood Historic District.jpg
| caption = The {{circa|1895}} Dr. Rudisell House on East High Street
| location= Roughly bounded by Tunnelton, Main, Sigler, High and Price Sts. and Brown Ave., Kingwood, West Virginia
| coordinates = {{coord|39|28|13|N|79|41|14|W|display=inline,title}}
| locmapin = West Virginia#USA
| built = 1859
| architect = Richard M. Bates, Jr.; Stanton M. Howard; Milburn, Heisner & Company; Carl Reger
| architecture = Mid 19th Century Revival, Late Victorian, Late 19th And 20th Century Revivals
| added = July 15, 1994
| area = {{convert|8|acre}}
| governing_body = Local
| refnum = 94000723[1]
}}Kingwood Historic District is a national historic district located at Kingwood, Preston County, West Virginia. The district encompasses 103 contributing buildings in the central business district and surrounding residential areas of Kingswood. Most of the buildings are two story, frame and masonry buildings. Notable buildings include the Preston County Courthouse (1934), Kingswood National Bank Building (1908), C.M. Bishop House (1872), Preston Academy (1842), IOOF Lodge (c. 1860), Bank of Kingswood (1900), Bishop Block (1877), Presbyterian Church (1878), Methodist Church (1879), Wilson Building (1930), and Loar's Service Station (1927). Located in the district and listed separately is the James Clark McGrew House.[2]

Architects whose work is represented in the district include Stanton M. Howard of Wheeling for his Methodist Church,[3] Milburn, Heister & Company of Washington, DC for their Bank of Kingwood Building,[4] Carl Reger of Morgantown's Preston County Jail, and Richard M. Bates, Jr. of Huntington, who designed the former Preston Central High School.[5]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1994.[1]

References

1. ^{{NRISref|version=2010a}}
2. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.wvculture.org/shpo/nr/pdf/preston/94000723.pdf|title=National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Kingwood Historic District|date=March 1994|accessdate=2011-09-01 |author=Michael Gioulis|publisher=State of West Virginia, West Virginia Division of Culture and History, Historic Preservation}}
3. ^"Anniversary is celebrated". Preston County (WV) Journal 22 Sept. 2004: 1.
4. ^American Contractor 9 July 1910: 45.
5. ^Engineering and Contracting 13 April 1921: 31. Chicago.
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5 : National Register of Historic Places in Preston County, West Virginia|Historic districts in Preston County, West Virginia|Buildings and structures in Preston County, West Virginia|Victorian architecture in West Virginia|Historic districts on the National Register of Historic Places in West Virginia

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