Virginia Department of Historic Resources Virginia Department of Historic Resources
For additional information, read the Nomination Form PDF
VLR Listing Date 09/10/2003
NRHP Listing Date 01/16/2004
NRHP Reference Number 03001435
The Stonega Historic District recognizes one of the earliest and most long-lived of the coal company towns in the mountains of Southwest Virginia. The town, founded in 1896, was constructed along the narrow bottomland along Callahan’s Creek four miles north of the corporate headquarters and supply centers at Appalachia and Big Stone Gap. It spreads along both sides of the road that follows the creek and the railroad track to the head of the valley. The surviving buildings are grouped in three clusters: Red Row, a historically African American neighborhood of double houses at the upper end of the town; a central section of groups of mostly double houses known as the Park, Quality Row, and Hunktown; and Midway, a slightly later row of single-family homes near the entrance to the valley. Residential and institutional structures date from 1895 to 1952, built using unusual and innovative building forms and materials.
Many properties listed in the registers are private dwellings and are not open to the public, however many are visible from the public right-of-way. Please be respectful of owner privacy.
Abbreviations:
VLR: Virginia Landmarks Register
NPS: National Park Service
NRHP: National Register of Historic Places
NHL: National Historic Landmark
Updated: February 19, 2019
