Davis Coal and Coke Company Administrative Building

United States historic place


Davis Coal and Coke Company Administrative Building
U.S. National Register of Historic Places


39°08′33″N 79°30′12″W / 39.14250°N 79.50333°W / 39.14250; -79.50333
Area	0.36 acres (0.15 ha)
Built	1900 (1900), c. 1903
NRHP reference No.	11000733^[1]
Added to NRHP	October 6, 2011

Davis Coal and Coke Company Administrative Building, also known as Western Maryland Railway Engineering Building and Old Western Maryland Railroad Office, is a historic office building located at Thomas, Tucker County, West Virginia. It was built in 1900 and expanded about 1903, and is a two-story, red brick office building. The rectangular plan building measures approximately 40 feet by 70 feet. It has a hipped roof with secondary dormer windows. It served as the "field operating office" or "mining headquarters" for Davis Coal and Coke Company from 1900 to 1950. It was then used by Western Maryland Railway until closing in 1982.^[2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2011.^[1]

References

^ ^a ^b "National Register of Historic Places Listings". Weekly List of Actions Taken on Properties: 10/03/11 through 10/07/11. National Park Service. 2011-10-14. Archived from the original on 2014-02-22. Retrieved 2014-02-17.
^ Michael Caplinger and Cynthia A. Phillips (March 2011). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Davis Coal and Coke Company Administrative Building" (PDF). State of West Virginia, West Virginia Division of Culture and History, Historic Preservation.