Pratt Historic District
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Pratt Historic District is a national historic district
located at Pratt
, Kanawha County, West Virginia
. The district includes 67 contributing buildings and one contributing site. The primarily residential district includes some notable commercial, ecclesiastical, civic, and industrial buildings dated as early as the 1820s. Notable buildings include the Charles Pratt Mining Company office (c. 1889), I.O.O.F. Building (c. 1922-1923), Samuel Hanna House (c. 1830-1840), Jim Shields Corner (c. 1880), James Trimble House, Weaver-Grose House (c. 1905), Burke-Mooney House, Boyer House (c. 1910), The Blue House, Perry-Holt House (c. 1896), Old Town Hall (c. 1875), The Cooperage, and Pratt Cemetery. The delisted Mother Jones Prison
was once located in the district.
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places
in 1984.
Historic district (United States)
In the United States, a historic district is a group of buildings, properties, or sites that have been designated by one of several entities on different levels as historically or architecturally significant. Buildings, structures, objects and sites within a historic district are normally divided...
located at Pratt
Pratt, West Virginia
Pratt is a town in Kanawha County, West Virginia, United States, along the Kanawha River. The population was 551 at the 2000 census.-History:The Pratt Historic District is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.-Geography:...
, Kanawha County, West Virginia
Kanawha County, West Virginia
As of the census of 2000, there were 200,073 people, 86,226 households, and 55,960 families residing in the county. The population density was 222 people per square mile . There were 93,788 housing units at an average density of 104 per square mile...
. The district includes 67 contributing buildings and one contributing site. The primarily residential district includes some notable commercial, ecclesiastical, civic, and industrial buildings dated as early as the 1820s. Notable buildings include the Charles Pratt Mining Company office (c. 1889), I.O.O.F. Building (c. 1922-1923), Samuel Hanna House (c. 1830-1840), Jim Shields Corner (c. 1880), James Trimble House, Weaver-Grose House (c. 1905), Burke-Mooney House, Boyer House (c. 1910), The Blue House, Perry-Holt House (c. 1896), Old Town Hall (c. 1875), The Cooperage, and Pratt Cemetery. The delisted Mother Jones Prison
Mother Jones Prison
Mother Jones' Prison, also known as Mrs. Carney's Boarding House, is a former National Historic Landmark located at Pratt, Kanawha County, West Virginia. It was a large two story structure constructed by the Willis Brothers and used mostly as a boarding house...
was once located in the district.
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places
National Register of Historic Places
The National Register of Historic Places is the United States government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures, and objects deemed worthy of preservation...
in 1984.