Whipple Company Store

Whipple Company Store is a historic company store located in Whipple, Fayette County, West Virginia, USA. It was built about 1900, and is a two-story, frame octagon building. It sits on a coursed stone faced foundation and features a prominent arched opening at the main entrance. As a company store, it remained in operation until August 1957, when the New River Company mine closed. However, it remained occupied by retail activities until the 1980s.[2]

Whipple Company Store
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
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Location	7485 Okey L. Patteson Road, Whipple, West Virginia (Addressed to Scarbro)
Coordinates	37°57′31″N 81°9′57″W
Area	less than one acre
Architect	Whipple Colliery Co.
Architectural style	Romanesque revival
NRHP reference No.	91000448[1]
Added to NRHP	April 26, 1991

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1991.[1]

References

1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
2. Stacy Sone (February 1991). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Whipple Company Store" (PDF). State of West Virginia, West Virginia Division of Culture and History, Historic Preservation. Retrieved 27 July 2011.