Virginian Railway Yard Historic District

Virginian Railway Yard Historic District
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
U.S. Historic district
Location	0.5 mi. N of jct. of WV 20 and RR tracks, Princeton, West Virginia
Coordinates	37°22′41″N 81°5′11″W / 37.37806°N 81.08639°WCoordinates: 37°22′41″N 81°5′11″W / 37.37806°N 81.08639°W
Area	33 acres (13 ha)
Built	1905
Architectural style	Romanesque
NRHP Reference #	03000351[1]
Added to NRHP	May 1, 2003

Virginian Railway Yard Historic District is a national historic district located at Princeton, Mercer County, West Virginia. The district includes 14 contributing buildings, 1 contributing site, and 1 contributing structure related to the Virginian Railway property at Princeton. Many date to the founding of the railway in 1905-1909, with others related to a physical improvements campaign in the 1920s. A number of the buildings are a vernacular interpretation of the Romanesque Revival style. They include the Locomotive Erecting Shop, transfer table pit (c. 1905), machine shop foundations, three water pump houses (c. 1910-1920), North Repair Shop (c. 1925), Brick Storehouse (c. 1940), and Car Wheel Shop (c. 1905).^[2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2003.^[1]

References

1. National Park Service (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
2. Michael Gioulis (October 2002). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Virginian Railway Yard Historic District" (PDF). State of West Virginia, West Virginia Division of Culture and History, Historic Preservation. Retrieved 2011-08-18.