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Pocahontas Fuel Company Store
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Site of the store
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Location	U.S. Route 52 at Switchback, West Virginia
Coordinates	37°22′13″N 81°23′5″W / 37.37028°N 81.38472°W / 37.37028; -81.38472
Area	less than one acre
Architect	Alex B. Mahood
Architectural style	Classical Revival
MPS	Coal Company Stores in McDowell County MPS
NRHP reference No.	92000330
Added to NRHP	April 17, 1992

The Pocahontas Fuel Company Store was a historic Pocahontas Fuel Company company store building located at Switchback, McDowell County, West Virginia. It was designed by architect Alex B. Mahood, and built in 1917. It was a two-story brick building with a one-story wing that housed the business office. It had a flat roof, sat on a high stone foundation, and featured Neoclassical detailing. It had a brick cornice with a concrete parapet and a concrete entablature with dentils.

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1992.

See also

• Pocahontas Fuel Company Store (Jenkinjones, West Virginia)
• Pocahontas Fuel Company Store (Maybeury, West Virginia)

References

1. ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
2. Stacy Sone (December 1991). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Pocahontas Fuel Company Store" (PDF). State of West Virginia, West Virginia Division of Culture and History, Historic Preservation. Retrieved 2011-08-05.

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