West Virginia - Pendleton County
Pendleton County West Virginia has 13 places on the National Register of Historic Places including 4 places of Statewide significance. Significant places include Franklin Historic District, McCoy Mill, Old Probst Church and Pendleton County Poor Farm and Boggs Mill.

The famous person William McCoy is associated with one of more of the Pendleton County historic places.

Some of the country's most noteable architects helped create the Pendleton County places including James William Byrd, Eugene Keister, Samuel B. Priest, Ernest C.S. Holmboe and Works Progress Administration. Prominent architectural styles found in Pendleton Country are Greek Revival, Queen Anne and Colonial Revival.

Boggs Mill (added 2004 - - #04000915)
US 33 and WV 28, N of jct. with Cty Rte 9 , Seneca Rocks
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Historic Significance:
Event
Area of Significance:
Industry, Engineering
Period of Significance:
1950-1974, 1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1850-1874, 1825-1849, 1800-1824
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Industry/Processing/Extraction
Historic Sub-function:
Manufacturing Facility
Current Function:
Vacant/Not In Use
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Bowers House (added 1985 - - #85001593)
Brandywine-Sugar Grove Rd. , Sugar Grove
BCasey1099, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Unknown
Architectural Style:
Queen Anne
Area of Significance:
Architecture
Period of Significance:
1875-1899
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Domestic
Current Sub-function:
Single Dwelling
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Circleville School (added 1995 - - #95001323)
WV 28 , Circleville
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Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering, Event
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Works Progress Administration, Holmboe,Ernest C.S.
Architectural Style:
Colonial Revival, Other
Area of Significance:
Social History, Politics/Government, Education, Architecture
Period of Significance:
1925-1949
Owner:
Local
Historic Function:
Education, Social
Historic Sub-function:
Meeting Hall, School
Current Function:
Education, Social
Current Sub-function:
Meeting Hall, School
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Cunningham-Hevener House (added 1985 - - #85001595)
US 220 , Upper Tract
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Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Unknown
Architectural Style:
Italian Villa
Area of Significance:
Architecture
Period of Significance:
1875-1899
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Domestic
Current Sub-function:
Single Dwelling
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Franklin Historic District (added 1986 - - #86000773)
Also known as See Also:McCoy House
Roughly bounded by US 33, Main St., the Potomac River, and High St. , Franklin
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Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Unknown
Architectural Style:
Other, Queen Anne, Greek Revival
Area of Significance:
Politics/Government, Commerce, Architecture
Period of Significance:
1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1850-1874, 1825-1849
Owner:
Private, Local
Historic Function:
Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Secondary Structure, Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Domestic
Current Sub-function:
Secondary Structure, Single Dwelling
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McCoy House (added 1982 - - #82004328)
Also known as Franklin Town Office;Pendleton County Library
Main St. , Franklin
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Historic Significance:
Person, Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Unknown
Architectural Style:
Greek Revival
Historic Person:
McCoy,William
Significant Year:
1848
Area of Significance:
Politics/Government, Architecture
Period of Significance:
1825-1849
Owner:
Local
Historic Function:
Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Education
Current Sub-function:
Library
More Information:
McCoy Mill (added 1986 - - #86000780)
Johnstown Rd. , Franklin
Cecouchman, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Event
Area of Significance:
Industry
Period of Significance:
1825-1849
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Industry/Processing/Extraction
Historic Sub-function:
Manufacturing Facility
Current Function:
Domestic
Current Sub-function:
Single Dwelling
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Old Judy Church (added 1976 - - #76001944)
Also known as Old Log Church
10 mi. S of Petersburg on U.S. 220 , Petersburg
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Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Unknown
Architectural Style:
No Style Listed
Area of Significance:
Exploration/Settlement, Architecture, Religion
Period of Significance:
1825-1849
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Religion
Historic Sub-function:
Religious Structure
Current Function:
Social
Current Sub-function:
Meeting Hall
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Old Probst Church (added 1986 - - #86000779)
CR 21/9 , Brandywine
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Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Keister,Eugene
Architectural Style:
No Style Listed
Area of Significance:
Exploration/Settlement, Architecture, Religion
Period of Significance:
1875-1899, 1800-1824, 1750-1799
Owner:
Private, State
Historic Function:
Funerary, Religion
Historic Sub-function:
Cemetery, Religious Structure
Current Function:
Funerary, Religion
Current Sub-function:
Cemetery, Religious Structure
More Information:
Pendleton County Poor Farm (added 1986 - - #86000775)
US 220 , Upper Tract
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Historic Significance:
Event
Area of Significance:
Social History
Period of Significance:
1900-1924
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Domestic, Government
Historic Sub-function:
Institutional Housing, Public Works
Current Function:
Domestic
Current Sub-function:
Single Dwelling
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Pitsenbarger, Ananais, Farm (added 2011 - - #11000557)
WV 23 approx. 1/4 mi. S. of jct. with Cty. Rd. 23/1, Franklin
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Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architectural Style:
No Style Listed
Area of Significance:
Architecture, Agriculture, European
Period of Significance:
1950-1974, 1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1850-1874
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Priest Mill (added 2000 - - #00000250)
Off US 220, near Low-Water Bridge , Franklin
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Historic Significance:
Event
Area of Significance:
Industry, Engineering
Period of Significance:
1925-1949, 1900-1924
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Industry/Processing/Extraction
Historic Sub-function:
Energy Facility, Manufacturing Facility
Current Function:
Industry/Processing/Extraction
Current Sub-function:
Energy Facility, Manufacturing Facility
More Information:
Sites Homestead (added 1993 - - #93000382)
Also known as Wayside Inn;Sites Inn
Seneca Rocks Visitor Center , Seneca Rocks
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Historic Significance:
Information Potential, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Unknown
Architectural Style:
Other
Area of Significance:
Historic - Non-Aboriginal, Architecture
Cultural Affiliation:
Appalachian
Period of Significance:
1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1850-1874, 1825-1849
Owner:
Federal
Historic Function:
Agriculture/Subsistence, Domestic, Landscape
Historic Sub-function:
Agricultural Fields, Agricultural Outbuildings, Hotel, Natural Feature, Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Government, Landscape, Recreation And Culture
Current Sub-function:
Government Office, Museum, Natural Feature
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