Pocahontas Historic District

Pocahontas Historic District is a national historic district located at Pocahontas in the Pocahontas coalfield, Tazewell County, Virginia. It is near Pocahontas Exhibition Coal Mine, a U.S. National Historic Landmark which was Mine No. 1 of the Pocahontas coalfield. The district encompasses 17 contributing buildings and 1 contributing structure in the town of Pocahontas. Notable buildings include the City Hall (1895), the stone Episcopal Methodist Church, Catholic Church, the old brick medical dispensary, a Synagogue, the first millinery shop in the coalfields (now the Emma Yates Memorial Library) and a Masonic Hall.[3]

Pocahontas Historic District
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
U.S. Historic district
Virginia Landmarks Register
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Location	Corporate boundaries of Pocahontas including cemetery, Pocahontas, Virginia
Coordinates	37°18′28″N 81°20′34″W
Area	380 acres (150 ha)
Built	1881 (1881)
Architect	Southwest Virginia Improvement Co.
Architectural style	Late Victorian
NRHP reference No.	72001418[1]
VLR No.	092-0011
Significant dates
Added to NRHP	November 3, 1972
Designated VLR	March 17, 1972[2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1972.[1]

References

1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
2. "Virginia Landmarks Register". Virginia Department of Historic Resources. Retrieved 5 June 2013.
3. Virginia Historic Landmarks Commission Staff (March 1972). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Pocahontas Historic District" (PDF). Virginia Department of Historic Resources. and Accompanying photo and Accompanying map