National Historic Landmark · Elkins, West Virginia

Davis and Elkins Historic District

Built 1890. Added to the National Register in 1996, and a National Historic Landmark.

Davis and Elkins Historic District
Photos via Wikimedia Commons

The record

Property typeHistoric district
AddressDavis and Elkins College Campus, Elkins, WV
CountyRandolph County
ListedJun 19, 1996
Listed forPolitics and government
Level of significanceNational
Also known asSee also:Graceland, 70000666; Elkins, Sen.S.B., House, 82004329
Reference number96001129
Built1890 · more from the 1890s
DesignationsNational Historic Landmark

The nomination form, the document that argues why this place matters, is in the National Archives: Read the nomination ↗

Visiting

AddressDavis and Elkins College Campus, Elkins, WV
Coordinates38.9308° N, 79.8472° W · Directions ↗
Also in Elkins22 listed places in Elkins →
A district listing covers the streets, not the doors. Walk it freely; the buildings inside are as private as they ever were.

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Map

Public land around it

Monongahela National Forest ↗National Forest, U.S. Forest ServiceInside the boundary1,703,725 acres

Wilderness Atlas publishes a centroid and an acreage for each unit, not a boundary line. Distance here is measured to a circle of the same area drawn around that centroid, so treat it as roughly right rather than surveyed.

Guidebooks to historic places and travel in West Virginia

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  • Touring Virginia's and West Virginia's Civil War sites
    Clint Johnson, 2011
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  • West Virginia - Scenic Routes and Byways
    Su Clauson-Wicker, 2013
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  • WPA Guide to West Virginia
    Federal writers' project, 2013
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Titles come from Open Library's catalog, matched by subject heading or by title.

Reference

Questions people ask

When was Davis and Elkins Historic District listed on the National Register?

Jun 19, 1996. It is also a National Historic Landmark, the higher of the two designations.

Source: National Park Service

When was Davis and Elkins Historic District built?

1890.

Source: Wikidata

Where is Davis and Elkins Historic District?

Davis and Elkins College Campus, Elkins, Randolph County, West Virginia.

Source: National Park Service

Where is the nomination form for Davis and Elkins Historic District?

The National Archives holds the nomination form, the document that made the case for listing.

Source: National Archives

Sources

Name, location, type and dates come from the National Register office's spreadsheet of listed properties, because the Park Service's spatial data does not carry this listing. The map point comes from Wikidata. Construction date, architect, style, photograph and encyclopedia link come from Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons, matched on reference number 96001129. Nothing here is transcribed by hand. The nomination form and photographs ↗ at NPGallery are the original nomination as filed with the National Park Service, and the form is often the best description of the place.