Along FS Rd. 139, Hopkins Mountain Rd., 4 mi. W of WV 92, N of Alvon--Blue Bend--Anthony Rd., Co. Rd. 16/2, Alvon, West Virginia. County/parish: Greenbrier.
Added to the National Register of Historic Places April 14, 1994. NRIS 94000353.
2 contributing buildings. 1 contributing site. 2 contributing structures.
Hopkins Mountain Historic District is a national historic district located in the Monongahela National Forest near Alvon, Greenbrier County, West Virginia. The district encompasses two contributing buildings, one contributing site, and two contributing structures. It includes the Mountain Tower Road (Forest Service Road 139), fire tower and the fireman'sresidence. They were all constructed by the members of Camp Alvon of the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) in 1935. The house is a Bungalow style, gable roofed dwelling measuring 14 by 20 feet (4.3 by 6.1 m). Located nearby is a contemporary privy with board-and-batten siding and a gable roof, also built by the CCC. The property also includes the Civil War Trail. It was used by the Virginia 26th Battalion under the command of Lt. Colonel George M. Edgar for its retreat from the Battle of Droop Mountain on November 6 and 7, 1863. Also on the property is a logging tramway in use from about 1908 to the 1920s.
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1994.
(read more...)National Park Service documentation: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/86535105