Newport Historic District (Newport, Virginia)

Newport Historic District is a national historic district located at Newport, Giles County, Virginia. It encompasses 50 contributing buildings and 3 contributing sites in the rural village of Newport. The district includes primarily freestanding single-family dwellings or store buildings of one or two stories, featuring wood frame construction, wood siding or ornamental metal sheathing, front porches, and associated outbuildings. Notable buildings include the Epling-Dunkley[or Dunklee]-Smith House (1820s-1830s), Keister-Miller House (1846), Robert Payne House (1850s), Payne-Price House, the Miller Building (c. 1902), the Pent Taylor Store (c. 1902), the Miller Brothers General Mercantile Store (c. 1902), F.E. Dunkley [Dunklee] Store (c. 1902-1903), Pasterfield House (1903), Dr. Walter Miller House (1903-1904), Albert Price House (1904), Methodist Parsonage (1909), Newport Methodist Church (1850s, 1906), and Sinking Creek Valley Bank (1927).[3]

Newport Historic District
Newport-Mount Olivet United Methodist Church
LocationArea surrounding Greenbriar Branch Rd. and State Route 42, Newport, Virginia
Coordinates37°17′36″N 80°29′46″W
Area35 acres (14 ha)
Built1832 (1832)
ArchitectMultiple
Architectural styleMultiple
NRHP reference No.94000059[1]
VLR No.035-0151
Significant dates
Added to NRHPFebruary 25, 1994
Designated VLRDecember 8, 1993[2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1994.[1] It is included in the Greater Newport Rural Historic District.

References
  1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. "Virginia Landmarks Register". Virginia Department of Historic Resources. Retrieved 5 June 2013.
  3. John Kern and Leslie Giles (August 1993). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Newport Historic District" (PDF). Virginia Department of Historic Resources. and Accompanying photo and Accompanying map
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