Old Kentucky Turnpike Historic District

Historic district in Virginia, United States

United States historic place

Significant dates

Old Kentucky Turnpike Historic District
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
U.S. Historic district
Virginia Landmarks Register

The Ratliffe House, one of the core parts of the district
37°5′20″N 81°45′49″W / 37.08889°N 81.76361°W / 37.08889; -81.76361
Area	48 acres (19 ha)
Built	1873 (1873)
Built by	Thomas Cubine
Architectural style	Mid 19th Century Revival, Late Victorian, Late 19th And 20th Century Revivals
NRHP reference No.	95000829^[1]
VLR No.	184-0001
Added to NRHP	July 7, 1995
Designated VLR	April 28, 1995^[2]

Old Kentucky Turnpike Historic District is a national historic district located at Cedar Bluff, Tazewell County, Virginia. The district encompasses 35 contributing buildings, 3 contributing sites, and 3 contributing structures along Indian Creek Road and Indian Creek. They date from the late-19th to mid-20th centuries. Notable resources include the concrete bridge, steel railroad trestle, Cecil-Watkins House, Ratliff House, Cedar Bluff Presbyterian Church (c. 1930), the boyhood home of Governor George C. Peery (1873–1952), Thomas Cubine House (c. 1887), Gillespie House (c. 1892), the Old Cedar Bluff High School, Cedar Bluff High School (1906), and the Old Cedar Bluff Town Hall. Also located in the district is the separately listed Clinch Valley Roller Mills.^[3]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1995.^[1]

References

^ ^a ^b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
^ "Virginia Landmarks Register". Virginia Department of Historic Resources. Retrieved June 5, 2013.
^ Gibson Worsham (February 1995). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Old Kentucky Turnpike Historic District" (PDF). Virginia Department of Historic Resources. and Accompanying photo and Accompanying map