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They include the business and commercial core of Grafton. Most of the buildings in the district date from 1890–1920 and are generally of brick or frame construction. Notable buildings include the Grafton Hotel and the B & O station, both built in 1911 and the Post Office built in 1913.
176 South Grafton Street Romney: Old Shanks Store and Post Office: c. 1900 Northwestern Pike (U.S. Route 50) Shanks: Sherrard's Inn: Bloomery Pike (WV 127) Bloomery: Shiloh United Methodist Church and Cemetery: State Route 259 (WV 259) Lehew: Slanesville Presbyterian Church: 1910 Slanesville Pike (CR 3) Slanesville: Sloan–Parker House (Old ...
Grafton is a city in and the county seat of Taylor County, West Virginia, United States, along the Tygart Valley River. [6] The population was 4,729 at the 2020 census. [4] It originally developed as a junction point for the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, serving numerous branches of a network that was vital to the regional coal industry.
This is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Taylor County, West Virginia, United States. The locations of National Register properties and districts for which the latitude and longitude coordinates are included below, may be seen in a Google map.
West Virginia Route 310 is a north–south state highway located in northern West Virginia. The southern terminus of the route is at U.S. Route 50 in Grafton. The northern terminus is at U.S. Route 19 in Fairmont. WV 310 is a two-lane road that traverses a mostly country setting, with sharp turns and occasional steep inclines.
Second version of the Hill Top House Hotel, 1914 (4 stories) Third iteration of the Hill Top House Hotel, about 1924 (3 stories) It was replaced by a larger partly stone building. This hotel, described in the report as "well known", was destroyed by electrical fire in June 1919. [4] Many pieces of the 1912 structure were used in the rebuilding.
Built in 1913, the structure is the second hotel building on the site; the original Ruebel Hotel was built in 1879 and burned down in 1912. The Commercial style building features decorative brickwork typical of the style; the building's cornice has brick corbelling , and raised brick panels decorate the space above the second-story brick arched ...
The Charleston, West Virginia, architectural firm of Meanor & Handloser designed the building, and the construction of the hotel was done by Payne Construction of Ashland, Kentucky, at a final cost of $600,000. In a naming contest held by the Chamber of Commerce, the name "Mountaineer Hotel" was chosen with a $100 prize going to the winner. [3]