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Boston Post Road Historic District: Boston Post Road Historic District: February 11, 1983 : Both sides of the Boston Post Rd. from Plain Rd. to Stony Brook: Weston: 3: Case's Corner Historic District: Case's Corner Historic District: September 12, 2002
Weston Downtown Historic District is a national historic district located at Weston, Lewis County, West Virginia. The district includes 58 contributing buildings in the central business district of Weston. Most of the buildings were built between 1875 and 1920, with the earliest dating to about 1845.
Weston was incorporated in 1713, and protection of the town's historic resources is driven by the Weston Historical Commission [2] and Weston Historical Society. [3] The town has one Local Historic District, 10 National Register Districts, 26 Historic Areas, and seven houses individually listed on the National Register of Historic Places. [4]
The National Register of Historic Places is a United States federal official list of places and sites considered worthy of preservation. In the state of Massachusetts , there are over 4,300 listings, representing about 5% of all NRHP listings nationwide and the second-most of any U.S. state, behind only New York .
Weston Historic District is a national historic district located at Weston, Platte County, Missouri.The district encompasses 16 full blocks and portions of 8 additional city blocks in the central business district and surrounding residential sections of Weston.
The dwellings are generally two-story and rest on stone foundations. They are reflective of popular architectural styles from the 19th and early-20th centuries. The earliest house dates to 1839. The district includes the separately listed Weston Colored School. [2] It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2005. [1]
By the end of the 19th century, new reports of miraculous images of Jesus had appeared and continue to receive significant attention, e.g. Secondo Pia's 1898 photograph of the Shroud of Turin, one of the most controversial artifacts in history, which during its May 2010 exposition it was visited by over 2 million people.
The historic district extends for the entire length of US 20, some 3-1/2 miles. It also includes a segment of post road that passes through the town center, which was bypassed in 1931. The district is more than 750 acres (300 ha), and includes properties that are generally widely spaced in the eastern and western reaches, with a cluster of ...