Pocahontas Historic District
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Location | Corporate boundaries of Pocahontas including cemetery, Pocahontas, Virginia |
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Coordinates | 37°18′28″N 81°20′34″W / 37.30778°N 81.34278°WCoordinates: 37°18′28″N 81°20′34″W / 37.30778°N 81.34278°W |
Area | 380 acres (150 ha) |
Built | 1881 |
Architectural style | Late Victorian |
NRHP Reference # | 72001418 |
VLR # | 092-0011 |
Significant dates | |
Added to NRHP | November 3, 1972 |
Designated VLR | March 17, 1972 |
Pocahontas Historic District is a national historic district located at Pocahontas in the Pocahontas coalfield, Tazewell County, Virginia. It is near Pocahontas Exhibition Coal Mine, a U.S. National Historic Landmark which was Mine No. 1 of the Pocahontas coalfield. The district encompasses 17 contributing buildings and 1 contributing structure in the town of Pocahontas. Notable buildings include the City Hall (1895), the stone Episcopal Methodist Church, Catholic Church, the old brick medical dispensary, a Synagogue, the first millinery shop in the coalfields (now the Emma Yates Memorial Library) and a Masonic Hall.
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1972.