Mullens Historic District
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Mullens Historic District is a national historic district
located at Mullens
, Wyoming County, West Virginia
. It encompasses 95 contributing buildings and one contributing structure in the central business district of Mullens. It also includes surrounding residential areas. Notable buildings include the Highlawn Baptist Church (1925), Old Presbyterian Church, Wyoming Hotel (1918), Bank of Mullens Building (1920), Masonic Hall Building (1924), Welch Apartment Building (c. 1930), Old Hospital / Webster Apartments (c. 1928), Smiley Department Store Building (1921), Piggly-Wiggly Building (1929), Wyoming Theatre (1922), and Norfolk and Southern Locomotive Repair Shop Building (1925).
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places
in 1993.
Historic district (United States)
In the United States, a historic district is a group of buildings, properties, or sites that have been designated by one of several entities on different levels as historically or architecturally significant. Buildings, structures, objects and sites within a historic district are normally divided...
located at Mullens
Mullens, West Virginia
Mullens is a city in Wyoming County, West Virginia. As of the 2000 census, it had a population of 1,769.Located in a valley along the Guyandotte River within a mountainous region of southern West Virginia, the town was nearly destroyed by flash flooding in July 2001...
, Wyoming County, West Virginia
Wyoming County, West Virginia
Wyoming County is a county located in the U.S. state of West Virginia. As of the 2010 census, the population was 23,796. Its county seat is Pineville. Wyoming County was created in 1850 from Logan County and named for the Delaware Indian word meaning "large plains."-Geography:According to the U.S...
. It encompasses 95 contributing buildings and one contributing structure in the central business district of Mullens. It also includes surrounding residential areas. Notable buildings include the Highlawn Baptist Church (1925), Old Presbyterian Church, Wyoming Hotel (1918), Bank of Mullens Building (1920), Masonic Hall Building (1924), Welch Apartment Building (c. 1930), Old Hospital / Webster Apartments (c. 1928), Smiley Department Store Building (1921), Piggly-Wiggly Building (1929), Wyoming Theatre (1922), and Norfolk and Southern Locomotive Repair Shop Building (1925).
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places
National Register of Historic Places
The National Register of Historic Places is the United States government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures, and objects deemed worthy of preservation...
in 1993.