Pickaway

Roughly between US 219 and WV 3, Union, West Virginia. County/parish: Monroe.

Added to the National Register of Historic Places March 05, 1999. NRIS 99000290.

126 contributing buildings. 1 contributing site. 7 contributing structures.

Also known as:

  • Pickaway Plains
  • The Sinks

From Wikipedia:

Pickaway Rural Historic District

Pickaway Rural Historic District is a national historic district located at Pickaway, near Union, West Virginia, Monroe County, West Virginia. The district includes 126 contributing buildings, 1 contributing sites, and 7 contributing structures centered on Pickaway and surrounding rural areas. Notable properties in the core include the Reverend John Simpson House (1840), Pickaway School (1890), Trinity Methodist Episcopal South Church (1887), Pickaway Store and Post Office (c. 1885), and frame mill and blacksmith shop (c. 1800). Surrounding farms included in the district are the Gilchrist-Pritt-Perrine farms; Overholt-Gilcrist-Pritt and McClung farms; Beckett, Kilcollin, and Lemon farms; and Siebold and Weikle farms.

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1999.

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National Park Service documentation: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/86535771

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