VA 600, form 0.1 mi. N of jct with VA 685 to a point approx. 3 mi. to the NE, Appalachia, Virginia. County/parish: Wise.
Added to the National Register of Historic Places January 16, 2004. NRIS 03001435.
80 contributing buildings.Also known as:
Stonega Historic District is a national historic district located at Appalachia, Wise County, Virginia. The district encompasses 80 contributing buildings in the coal company town of Stonega. It includes a variety of residential, commercial, institutional, and industrial buildings built after the towns' founding in 1895. Notable buildings include the Catholic Church (c. 1906), Stonega Colored Methodist Church (c. 1906), Stonega Colored School / Community Building, Stonega Bath House (c. 1938), and Stonega Colored School.
Large homes were built for company doctors and less grand but almost as large was a house for the superintendent. Ten, Four and Seven car garages were also built for cars.
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2004.
(read more...)National Park Service documentation: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/41684180