Off WV 7, Bretz, West Virginia. County/parish: Preston.
Added to the National Register of Historic Places July 01, 1983. NRIS 83003249.
3 contributing buildings. 140 contributing structures. 2 contributing objects.Also known as:
The Elkins Coal and Coke Company Historic District is a historic industrial site near the crossroads village of Bretz in Preston County, West Virginia. It is the site of the last major coke manufacturing facility to use beehive ovens, and was a major industrial site in northern West Virginia in the first half of the 20th century. Surviving elements include a row of 140 beehive ovens. The site was declared a National Historic Landmark in 1983.
(read more...)National Park Service documentation: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/86534617