Luna Park Historic District

Roughly bounded by Main St., Glenwood Ave., Delaware Ave., & Kanawha Blvd. W., Charleston, West Virginia. County/parish: Kanawha.

Added to the National Register of Historic Places April 03, 2012. NRIS 12000181.

446 contributing buildings.

From Wikipedia:

Luna Park Historic District

Luna Park Historic District is a federally designated national historic district located in the West Side neighborhood of Charleston, Kanawha County, West Virginia. It encompasses 444 contributing buildings in a predominantly residential section of Charleston. The majority of the homes in the district were constructed in the mid to late 1925s and early 1930s and a portion of the district was the location of a local amusement park, Luna Park, from 1912 until 1923. The houses reflect a variety of popular architectural styles including American Foursquare, American Craftsman / Bungalow, Tudor Revival, and Colonial Revival, including Dutch Colonial Revival.

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2012.

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National Park Service documentation: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/86535396

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