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The Beckley Courthouse Square Historic District is a 70-acre (28 ha) historic district in Beckley, West Virginia, United States that is listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1994. [1] The listing included 100 contributing buildings, including one or more designed by architect Alex B. Mahood. [1] [2]
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Oak Hill is a city in Fayette County, West Virginia, United States. The population was 8,179 at the 2020 census. It is part of the Beckley metropolitan area. Country singer Hank Williams died in Oak Hill on his way to a concert on January 1, 1953. The city is also home to the historic Oak Hill Railroad Depot which still stands today as an ...
Beckley is a city in and the county seat of Raleigh County, West Virginia, United States. The population was 17,286 at the 2020 census , making it the ninth-most populous city in the state. It is the principal city of the Beckley metropolitan area of Southern West Virginia , home to 115,079 residents in 2020.
US 119 north / WV 7 east (Pleasant Street) US 119 south (University Avenue) to I-68: South end of US 119/WV 7 overlap; Pleasant St. is one-way, outbound access only: 243.8: 392.4: US 119 / WV 7 (Walnut Street) One-way street, inbound access only; north end of US 119/WV 7 overlap: 245.8: 395.6: WV 705 east (Patteson Drive) / WVU Coliseum
Raleigh County is a county in the U.S. state of West Virginia. As of the 2020 census, the population was 74,591. [1] Its county seat is Beckley. [2] The county was founded in 1850 and is named for Sir Walter Raleigh. [3] Raleigh County is included in the Beckley, West Virginia, Metropolitan Statistical Area.
General Alfred Beckley (1802–88) wanted his home to be the center of what he envisioned for Beckley, West Virginia which he founded in 1838. Although his town was a piece of paper in 1838, it would later become the county seat of Raleigh County, West Virginia, which was also founded by Beckley in 1850. [2]
Until a Tragic fire (The Mount Hope Fire) occurred in 1910, destroying the majority of the town, Including the Old Blake Inn, and leaving only a few buildings standing. With the help of the town, Mount Hope had been rebuilt, the Old Blake Inn was completely destroyed but another Inn was built in its place and managed to reopen under the name ...