Jefferson Street Historic District (Bluefield, West Virginia)

Jefferson Street Historic District is a national historic district located at Bluefield, Mercer County, West Virginia. The district includes 63 contributing buildings in a residential area of Bluefield known as Oakland Addition, originally platted in 1910. The buildings are primarily single-family residences with a few multiple family dwellings, and one church, the College Avenue Baptist Church. Houses are representative of popular architectural styles from the turn of the 20th century, including American Four Square, Bungalow, Colonial Revival, and Classical Revival. A number of the homes were designed by architect Alex B. Mahood.[2]

Jefferson Street Historic District
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
U.S. Historic district
Houses in the 2100 block
Location in West Virginia Location in United States
Location	Along Jefferson St. between Cumberland Rd. and College Ave., Bluefield, West Virginia
Coordinates	37°15′5″N 81°13′2″W
Area	24.9 acres (10.1 ha)
Built	1910
Architect	Alex B. Mahood, et al.
Architectural style	Late 19th And Early 20th Century American Movements, Late 19th And 20th Century Revivals, Late Victorian
MPS	South Bluefield MPS
NRHP reference No.	92000877[1]
Added to NRHP	July 29, 1992

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1992.[1]

References

1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
2. Michael Gioulis (December 1991). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Jefferson Street Historic District" (PDF). State of West Virginia, West Virginia Division of Culture and History, Historic Preservation. Retrieved 2011-08-18.

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