Bunker Hill Historic District

Bunker Hill Historic District
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
U.S. Historic district
Bunker Hill Mill in 1980
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Location	Jct. of US 11 and Rt. 26, Bunker Hill, West Virginia
Coordinates	39°19′56″N 78°3′13″W / 39.33222°N 78.05361°W / 39.33222; -78.05361Coordinates: 39°19′56″N 78°3′13″W / 39.33222°N 78.05361°W / 39.33222; -78.05361
Area	14 acres (5.7 ha)
Architectural style	Stick/eastlake, Other, Gothic Revival, American Greek Revival
MPS	Berkeley County MRA
NRHP Reference #	80004412
Added to NRHP	December 10, 1980

The Bunker Hill Historic District is the center of the town of Bunker Hill, West Virginia. Today located on the road called US 11, the town was developed along the Martinsburg, West Virginia - Winchester, Virginia road. Bunker Hill served southern Berkeley County with three stores, six mills and five churches. It was also home to a significant African-American population.

Much of the land around Bunker Hill belonged to General Elisha Boyd, who built what amounted to an industrial village, with two mills, a brick-making operation, a cooperage and a store on part of his Edgewood Manor plantation. After General Boyd's death in 1841 his son John tried to develop the area as a town, selling some lots and building another store and a log house. The most southern lots in the town were sold to African-Americans, and represent an example of a segregated community in the post -American Civil War period, becoming known as "Black Row."

Significant contributing buildings include:

The district was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980.