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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.
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]
Weston was founded in 1818 as Preston; the name was changed to Fleshersville soon after, and then to Weston in 1819. [6] The city was incorporated in 1846. [7]Weston is the site of the former Trans-Allegheny Lunatic Asylum, a psychiatric hospital and National Historic Landmark which has been mostly vacant since its closure in 1994 upon its replacement by the nearby William R. Sharpe Jr. Hospital.
In modern times, the preserved grist mill of Cummins Jackson is the centerpiece of a historical site and museum at the Jackson's Mill Center for Lifelong Learning and State 4-H Camp. The facility, located in Weston, West Virginia, serves as a special campus for West Virginia University (WVU) and the WVU Extension Service.
The following are approximate tallies of current listings by county. These counts are based on entries in the National Register Information Database as of April 24, 2008 [2] and new weekly listings posted since then on the National Register of Historic Places web site. [3]
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Weston Downtown Historic District: September 28, 1985 : Parts of Main, Center, and Court Aves., plus 2nd and 3rd Sts. Weston: 12: Weston Downtown Residential Historic District: Weston Downtown Residential Historic District: February 2, 2005
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