The State Historic Preservation Office of the West Virginia Division of Culture and History has published “At Home in West Virginia,” a 13-month calendar highlighting residential architecture in the Mountain State, listed or considered eligible for inclusion in the National Register of Historic Places.
The calendar is free and available to the public while supplies last.
Each month, the calendar focuses upon a different living space in West Virginia, including company housing examples in Bramwell, Mercer County and Coalwood, McDowell County; houses in residential historic districts in Bluefield, Mercer County; Jackson’s Mill 4-H Camp residential cottages in Lewis County; Tygart Valley homestead community housing in Randolph County; public housing complexes such as Washington Square Apartments in Huntington, Cabell County; and the West Virginia Colored Childrens’ Home in Huntington, Cabell County.
The calendar also includes information about the National Register, the tax credit program, Certified Local Government program and grant programs available.
To request a copy of the calendar, write to West Virginia Division of Culture and History, 2010 Calendar, The Culture Center, 1900 Kanawha Blvd., E., Charleston, W.Va. 25305 or call Conni McMorris at (304) 558-0240, or e-mail conni.l.mcmorris@wv.gov.
“At Home in West Virginia” was funded in part by the National Park Service, U.S. Department of the Interior.
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