Elkins Coal and Coke Company Historic District

Infobox_nrhp | name =Elkins Coal and Coke Company Historic District
nrhp_type =nhld


caption = Pulling and Charging the Ovens
location= Bretz, West Virginia
locmapin = West Virginia
area =
built =1906
architect= Elkins Coal & Coke Co.
architecture= Other
designated= May 4, 1983cite web|url=http://tps.cr.nps.gov/nhl/detail.cfm?ResourceId=1857&ResourceType=District
title=Elkins Coal and Coke Company Historic District |accessdate=2007-10-14|work=National Historic Landmark summary listing|publisher=National Park Service]
added = July 01, 1983cite web|url=http://www.nr.nps.gov/|title=National Register Information System|date=2007-01-23|work=National Register of Historic Places|publisher=National Park Service]
governing_body = Private
refnum=83003249

Elkins Coal and Coke Company Historic District consists of 140 beehive ovens that were the last operating coke ovens in the United States.

It was declared a National Historic Landmark in 1983.citation|title=PDFlink| [http://pdfhost.focus.nps.gov/docs/NHLS/Text/83003249.pdf National Register of Historic Places Inventory-Nomination: Elkins Coal and Coke Company Historic District / Mercury Coal and Coke Company] |722 KB|date=October, 1978 |author=Ralph J. Christian |publisher=National Park Service and PDFlink| [http://pdfhost.focus.nps.gov/docs/NHLS/Photos/83003249.pdf Accompanying 6 photos, from 1978.] |1.35 MB]

It is located about 1/2 mile southwest of Masontown, West Virginia and 1/4 mile west of West Virginia Route 7.

References

External links

* [http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/hhh.wv0102 HABS/HAER: Elkins Coal & Coke Company, Bretz vicinity, Preston County, WV]