Jct. of WV 16 and Co. Rt. 12/8, Caretta, West Virginia. County/parish: McDowell.
Added to the National Register of Historic Places April 17, 1992. NRIS 92000329.
1 contributing building.Also known as:
Carter Coal Company Store, also known as Consolidation Coal Company Store, is a historic company store building located at Caretta, McDowell County, West Virginia. It was built about 1912 by the Carter Coal Company, and is a one-story brick commercial building on a stone foundation. It has a gable roof. The building was originally T-shaped, but wood-frame additions built in 1922, spread the plan to an "L." . It ceased operating as a post office in August 2005.
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1992.
(read more...)National Park Service documentation: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/86534424