Newport Historic District is a national historic district located at Newport, Giles County, Virginia. It encompasses 50 contributing buildings and 3 contributing sites in the rural village of Newport. The district includes primarily freestanding single-family dwellings or store buildings of one or two stories, featuring wood-frame construction, wood siding or ornamental metal sheathing, front porches, and associated outbuildings. Notable buildings include the Epling-Dunkley[or Dunklee]-Smith House (1820s-1830s), Keister-Miller House (1846), Robert Payne House (1850s), Payne-Price House, the Miller Building (c. 1902), the Pent Taylor Store (c. 1902), the Miller Brothers General Mercantile Store (c. 1902), F.E. Dunkley [Dunklee] Store (c. 1902–1903), Pasterfield House (1903), Dr. Walter Miller House (1903-1904), Albert Price House (1904), Methodist Parsonage (1909), Newport Methodist Church (1850s, 1906), and Sinking Creek Valley Bank (1927).[3]
Newport Historic District | |
 Newport-Mount Olivet United Methodist Church | |
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| Location | Area surrounding Greenbriar Branch Rd. and State Route 42, Newport, Virginia |
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| Coordinates | 37°17′36″N 80°29′46″W / 37.29333°N 80.49611°W |
| Area | 35 acres (14 ha) |
| Built | 1832 |
| Architect | Multiple |
| Architectural style | Multiple |
| NRHP reference No. | 94000059[1] |
| VLR No. | 035-0151 |
| Significant dates | |
| Added to NRHP | February 25, 1994 |
| Designated VLR | December 8, 1993[2] |
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1994.[1] It is included in the Greater Newport Rural Historic District.
References
edit- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ "Virginia Landmarks Register". Virginia Department of Historic Resources. Retrieved June 5, 2013.
- ^ John Kern and Leslie Giles (August 1993). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Newport Historic District" (PDF). Virginia Department of Historic Resources. and Accompanying photo and Accompanying map