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Old Charles Town Historic District Street & Number NPS Form l 0-900 0MB No. 10024-0018 (Oct. 1990) United States Department of the Interior National Park Service NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES REGISTRATION FORM 1. Name of Property historic name: Old Charles Town Historic District other name/site number: 2. Location street & number: Multiple streets· portions of First, North, West, W Liberty, W Washington, Avis, Wiericks Row, Augustine, La\1,Tence X Charles, N George N Samuel, N Mildred, N Church, Academy, Hessey, N Preston Water :Vft Parvo Higgs Park Center, Maple Eagle, Davenport, Morgan, Martin I uther King, E Liberty, and E Washington. not for publication: N/ :\ city/town: Charles Town vicinity: NL.A state: YiJl.. county: Jefferson code: 03"." zip code: 2.5ill 3. State/Federal Agency Certification ) As the designated authority under the ).;ational Historic Preservation Act, as amended, I hereby certify that this _x_ nomination __ request for detennination of eligibility meets the documentation standards for registering properties in the National Register of Historic Places and meets the procedural and professional requirements set forth in 36 CFR Part 60. In my opinion, the property _ x_ meets __ does not meet the National Register Criteria. I recommend that this prop be considered?2s· · cant_ nationally_ statewide _x_locally. L_ See contin on shee . ' ture of Certifying Official Date State or Federal agency and bureau Date In my opinion, the property __ meets __ does not meet the National Register criteria. (_ See continuation sheet for additional comments.) Signature of Certifying Official/Title Date · - State or Feaerafagency andoureau ·- -Uate Old Charles Town Historic District Jefferson County, WY Name of Property County and State 4. National Park Service Certification I, hereby certify that this property is: Signature of Keeper Date of Action __ entered in the National Register See continuation sheet. __ determined eligible for the National Register See continuation sheet. __ determined not eligible for the National Register __ removed from the National Register __ other (explain): _______ ------------ Signature of Keeper Date of Action 5. Classification ) Ownership of Property: Category of Property (Check as many boxes as apply) (Check only one box) _X_private __ building( s) A-public-local x_ district __ public-State site __ public-Federal structure __ object Number of Resources within Property (Do not include previously listed resources in the count.) Contributing Non-contributing ____316 _______164 ___________ buildings --------------1 sites _____! ___________________ structures _____ l ~~ ----318------- 165 ----------TOTAL Name of related multiple property listing __N/ A ________ _ iEnter "Nh\"ifpropertyis not part oflrmuHiple property listing~,---~- -~--- ------- Number of contributing resources previously listed in the National Register __O __ Old Charles Town Historic District Jefferson County, wY Name of Property County and State ) 6. Function or Use Historic Functions Category: Subcategory: DOMESTIC SingJe Dwe1ling, multipJe dwe]]jng Secondary structure, hotel COMMERCE/TRADE Business, restaurant SOCIAL Meeting ha11, civic EDUCATION Schoo] REIJGION Re]jgious facUity, church, schooJ AGRICI JLTI TRE/Sl JBSISTENCE processing, storage Current Functions Category Subcategory DOMESTIC Single dwe11ing, rnultipJe dwe11ing RECREATION & CIJLIIJRE Monument, outdoor recreation (park) SOCIAL Meeting haJJ, civic RELIGION ReJigious facUity, church COMMERCEII'RADE Business, professionaJ, restaurant, ) warehouse SpeciaUty store 7. Description Architectural Classification: COLONIAL; Georgian EARLY REPIJBLIC· Federal MID-19th CENTURY: C'1Teek RevivaJ, Gothic RevivaJ LATE VICTORIAN; Gothic, Queen Anne LATE 19th & 20th CENTI TRY REVIVALS· CoJoniaJ RevivaJ LATE 19th & EARLY 20th CENTIJRY: Prairie, CommerciaJ, Craftsman/BungaJow VERNACIJI ,AR: Log Cabins, Log Houses Materials Foundation: stone, rubble, brick, concrete, log Walls: Jog, stucco, brick, shingle Roof: meta], asphalt shing]es Other Narrative Description ) -(See c01rtinuation on sheets.-}--- Old Charles Town Historic District Jefferson County, wY Name of Property County and State 8. Statement of Significance Applicable National Register Criteria (Mark "X" in one or more boxes for the criteria qualifying the property for National Register listing.) _X_ A Property is associated with events that have made a significant contribution to the broad patterns of our history. __ B Property is associated with the lives of persons significant in our past. _X_ C Property embodies the distinctive characteristics of a type, period, or method of construction or represents the work of a master, or possesses high artistic values, or represents a significant and distinguishable entity whose components lack individual distinction. __ D Property has yielded, or is likely to yield, information important in prehistory or history. ) Criteria Considerations (Mark "X" in all the boxes that apply.) Property is: _X_ A owned by a religious institution or used for religious purposes. __ B removed from its original location. __ C a birthplace or grave. __ D a cemetery. __ E a reconstructed building, object, or structure. __ Fa commemorative property. __ G less than 50 years of age or achieved significance within the past 50 years. Areas of Significance Education Ethnic heritage, b1ack Exp1oration and settJement ) Mjljtary ReUgion SociaJ history Architecture Old Charles Town Historic District ,Jefferson County, WV Name of Property County and State Period of Significance 1745-1945 Significant Dates 1747, 1786, 1829, 1836, 1859, 1861-65, 1867-68 Significant Person NLA Cultural Affiliation NLA Architect/Builder Washington, Charles Hunter, Andrew Hm, Wi11iarn Webb, James Narrative Statement of Significance (See continuation sheets.) ) 9. Major Bibliographical References Bibliography (See continuation sheets) Previous documentation on file (NPS): __ preliminary determination of individual listing (36 CFR 67) has been requested. __ previously listed in the National Register __ previously determined eligible by the National Register __ designated a National Historic Landmark __ recorded by Historic American Buildings Survey # ______ __ recorded by Historic American Engineering Record#_____ _ Primary location of additional data: --State Historic Pres.ervation Office _X_Other State agency: (West Virginia State Archives) __ Federal agency J =====-'L""o""cal government . __ _ ____ .... ______ _ ______ _ _ X_ University (WV University Libraries· West Virginia and RegionaJ History Co11ection X Other Name of Repository: Charles Town, West Virginia PubUc Library Old Chades Town Historic District Jefferson County, WV Name of Property County and State 10. Geographical Data Acreage of Property: Approximate1y 125 acres UTM References: See Continuation Sheets Quad Map Name: Charles Town Verbal Boundary Description (See continuation sheet.) Boundary Justification (See continuation sheet.) 11. Form Prepared By ) Name/Title: Barbara E. R3RIDussen, Ph D. Organization: Historic Preservation Consultant Date: June 30,2000 Street & Number: 224 WiJson Avenue Telephone (304) 292 7652 City or Town: Morgantown, WV 26501 Property Owner (Complete this item at the request ofSHPO or FPO.) Name: Multiple Owners } 7 (NPS Form 10-900) United States Department of the Interior National Park Service NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES CONTINUATION SHEET 01d Char1es Town Hjstoric District Jefferson County, WV Name of Property County/State Section number 7 Page 1 Physical Setting Charles Town is the county seat of Jefferson County, West Virginia, and with a population of some 3,122 persons, is the largest town in the county. It is located along Evitts Run of the Shenandoah River, about ten miles west of Bloomery and ten miles-south of the Potomac River at Harpers Ferry. A growing bedroom community for Metropolitan Washington, D.C., about 70 miles away, Charles Town is served by a commuter rail line to the nation's capital, U.S. Route 340, and State Routes 9 and 51. · ) This nomination to the National Register of Historic Places is based upon the historic resource survey of Old Charles Town, West Virginia, that was conducted in the fall of 1999. Most of the buildings in the survey area are included as contributing buildings in the district, although there are two small pockets of non-contributing residential buildings clustered on Park Street and Higgs Boulevard. There is a circa 1970 housing development on Higgs that contains post-1955 dwellings and a townhouse structure, circa 1980, which were not inventoried during the survey. Park Street dwellings are likewise modem construction. Additionally, North and George streets contain pockets of 1980s commercial development that likewise were not inventoried. Old Charles Town is predominately a residential area with some commercial and public buildings near its center. The area is densely built up; some 482 buildings and objects lie within its gently rolling 125 acres. · Almost every street contains a few non-contributing structures. They usually are sensitive new construction. Less commonly, the building integrity has been compromised. There is no industry within Charles Town presently, although there was some within this district at the tum of the twentieth century. A few of those structures survive but are abandoned or adaptively reused. Downtown Charles Town was placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1997, and that district includes most of the commercial portions of the community. Old Charles Town surrounds this district
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