Lowther Store

United States historic place


Lowther Store
U.S. National Register of Historic Places

Lowther Store, September 2010
38°40′40″N 80°23′31″W / 38.67778°N 80.39194°W / 38.67778; -80.39194
Area	1 acre (0.40 ha)
Built	c. 1900
Architect	Anderson, George Reuben
NRHP reference No.	97000264^[1]
Added to NRHP	April 7, 1997

Lowther Store, also known as the John A. Hinkle and Son Store, is a historic general store located near Wheeler, Webster County, West Virginia. It was built about 1900 and expanded about 1910. The store is a one-story rectangular, wood-frame building with a foundation of field stones and posts. Also on the property are a frame coal house, and a storage building located across the roadway. It is the oldest continuous operating business in Webster County.^[2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1997.^[1]

References

^ ^a ^b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
^ Linda Lowther (November 1996). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Lowther Store" (PDF). State of West Virginia, West Virginia Division of Culture and History, Historic Preservation. Retrieved 2011-07-09.