Roughly bounded by McCoy Alley, Railroad Alley, Mate St. underpass and Warm Hollow to the head of the hollow, Matewan, West Virginia. County/parish: Mingo.
Added to the National Register of Historic Places April 27, 1993. NRIS 93000303.
41 contributing buildings. 2 contributing structures.
The Matewan Historic District encompasses the town center of the rural coal mining community of Matewan, West Virginia. Matewan was the scene of the Battle of Matewan on May 19, 1920, during a coal miners' strike, an event which led to the Battle of Blair Mountain, the largest insurrection ever associated with the labor movement in the United States, and was depicted in the film Matewan. It was designated a National Historic Landmark in 1997.
(read more...)National Park Service documentation: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/86534607