National Register of Historic Places listings in Braxton County, West Virginia
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Burnsville Bridge

Burnsville Bridge

March 17, 1995
(#95000254)

Bridge St. over the Little Kanawha River
38°51′19″N 80°39′25″W﻿ / ﻿38.855278°N 80.656944°W﻿ / 38.855278; -80.656944﻿ (Burnsville Bridge)
Burnsville

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Cunningham House and Outbuildings

Cunningham House and Outbuildings

March 21, 1984
(#84003510)

Bulltown Historic Area at Burnsville Lake[6]
38°47′34″N 80°33′40″W﻿ / ﻿38.792778°N 80.561111°W﻿ / 38.792778; -80.561111﻿ (Cunningham House and Outbuildings)
Napier

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Gassaway Depot

Gassaway Depot

March 17, 1994
(#94000215)

Between 4th and 5th Sts.
38°40′16″N 80°46′36″W﻿ / ﻿38.671111°N 80.776667°W﻿ / 38.671111; -80.776667﻿ (Gassaway Depot)
Gassaway

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William Edgar Haymond House

William Edgar Haymond House

April 21, 2004
(#04000356)

110 S. Stonewall St.
38°39′45″N 80°42′33″W﻿ / ﻿38.662500°N 80.709167°W﻿ / 38.662500; -80.709167﻿ (William Edgar Haymond House)
Sutton

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Old Sutton High School

Old Sutton High School

August 29, 1979
(#79002570)

N. Hill Rd.
38°40′00″N 80°42′26″W﻿ / ﻿38.666667°N 80.707222°W﻿ / 38.666667; -80.707222﻿ (Old Sutton High School)
Sutton

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Michael Smith House

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September 28, 2006
(#06000902)

End of County Route 5/1, 1 mi (1.6 km) from its junction with County Route 19/26
38°48′39″N 80°48′04″W﻿ / ﻿38.810833°N 80.801111°W﻿ / 38.810833; -80.801111﻿ (Michael Smith House)
Cedarville

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Sutton Downtown Historic District

Sutton Downtown Historic District

July 10, 1987
(#87001059)

Roughly bounded by Main St., River View Dr., and First St.
38°39′51″N 80°42′28″W﻿ / ﻿38.664167°N 80.707778°W﻿ / 38.664167; -80.707778﻿ (Sutton Downtown Historic District)
Sutton

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Union Civil War Fortification

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March 21, 1984
(#84003515)

Bulltown Historic Area at Burnsville Lake[6]
38°47′23″N 80°33′51″W﻿ / ﻿38.789722°N 80.564167°W﻿ / 38.789722; -80.564167﻿ (Union Civil War Fortification)
Napier

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Weston and Gauley Bridge Turnpike

Weston and Gauley Bridge Turnpike

January 28, 1999
(#98001430)

Section between Stonewell Jackson Lake and Burnsville Lake
38°49′39″N 80°32′07″W﻿ / ﻿38.8275°N 80.535278°W﻿ / 38.8275; -80.535278﻿ (Weston and Gauley Bridge Turnpike)
Burnsville

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Windy Run Grade School

Windy Run Grade School

January 12, 1984
(#84003518)

Junction of CR 38 and CR 19/48
38°35′57″N 80°43′27″W﻿ / ﻿38.599167°N 80.724167°W﻿ / 38.599167; -80.724167﻿ (Windy Run Grade School)
Tesla

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Burnsville Bridge is a historic Pratt-Through Truss bridge located at Burnsville , Braxton County , West Virginia . It was built in 1893 , by the Variety Iron Works Company or Cleveland , Ohio and crosses the Little Kanawha River . It consists of two Truss spans and one girder span . The three spans are 44 feet , 138 feet , 3 inches , and 23 feet , 9 inches . The structure is supported on two stone piers and a stone abutment . It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1995 .
The Little Kanawha River is a tributary of the Ohio River , 169 mi ( 269 km ) long , in western West Virginia in the United States . Via the Ohio , it is part of the watershed of the Mississippi River , draining an area of 2,320 mi² ( 6,009 km² ) on the unglaciated portion of the Allegheny Plateau . It served as an important commercial water route in the early history of West Virginia , particularly in the logging and petroleum industries .
Burnsville is a town in Braxton County , West Virginia , United States , at the confluence of the Little Kanawha River and Saltlick Creek . The population was 510 at the 2010 census . Burnsville was incorporated in 1902 by the Circuit Court and named for Captain John Burns who operated the first sawmill in that section of the state and who established the town shortly after the close of the American Civil War . It was named All West Virginia City in 1976 .
Cunningham House and Outbuildings , also known as Cunningham Farm , is a historic home located near Napier , Braxton County , West Virginia . The house dates to the 1830s , and is a two-story , log structure sided with white clapboards . Also located on the property is a food cellar and granary . The buildings are representative of traditional central West Virginia subsistence farming techniques . The site was purchased by the Army Corps of Engineers during the development of Burnsville Lake , and is administered as part of the Bulltown Historic Area . It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1984 .
Burnsville Lake is both a recreational and flood control reservoir on Little Kanawha River located southeast of Burnsville in Braxton County , West Virginia . Burnsville Lake was authorized by the U.S. Congress in the Flood Control Act of 1938 . Construction of the Burnsville Lake project was begun in the summer of 1972 and the dam was completed in September 1976 . The lake project controls the runoff from a drainage area of 165 square miles ( 427 km² ) . The dam is a rock-fill embankment dam rising 84.5 feet ( 25.8 m ) above the streambed . Top elevation is 839 feet ( 256 m ) above sea level , and the crest length is 1,400 feet ( 430 m ) . A gated spillway is located in the left abutment . The outlet works are located in the spillway section . The minimum pool is maintained at elevation 776 feet ( 237 m ) with a surface area of 550 acres ( 223 ha ) . The summer pool is at elevation 789 feet ( 240 m ) and has a surface area of 968 acres ( 392 ha ) . The flood control pool is at elevation 825 feet ( 251 m ) with a surface area of 1,900 acres ( 769 ha ) . Many people in Burnsville and surrounding communities opposed the building of the dam since the back waters would flood areas currently occupied and locations of ancestral homes .
Napier is an unincorporated community in Braxton County , West Virginia , United States , founded in 1894 , with the ZIP code of 26631 . Napier has two significant historical landmarks : the Cunningham House and Outbuildings and the Union Civil War Fortification , and both are listed on the National Register of Historic Places .
Gassaway station , also known as Coal & Coke Railway Company Depot , is a historic railway depot located at Gassaway , Braxton County , West Virginia . It was built in 1914 , by the Coal and Coke Railway and later acquired by the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad . It is a two-story , brick and stone , Romanesque Revival-style building measuring 78 feet wide and 35 feet deep . It features two projecting pavilions , each 26 feet long and projecting 6 feet . It has a hipped roof with red ceramic French tile . Passenger service ceased in 1953 , and the depot continued use as a maintenance shop through 1988 . It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1994 as the Gassaway Depot .
Gassaway is a town in Braxton County , West Virginia , in the United States . The population was 908 at the 2010 census . Gassaway was incorporated in 1905 and named for Henry Gassaway Davis , the Democratic Party 's nominee for Vice President of the United States in 1904 . The center of population of West Virginia is located approximately 7 miles ( 11 km ) north of Gassaway .
William Edgar Haymond House is a historic home located at Sutton , Braxton County , West Virginia . It was designed in 1894 , and is a 2 1/2-story wood frame dwelling in the Queen Anne-style . It sits on a sandstone foundation and features a porch supported by four round Doric order columns . Also on the property is a garage dated to the 1920s . It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2006 .
Sutton is a town in Braxton County , West Virginia , in the United States . The population was 994 at the 2010 census . It is the county seat of Braxton County . Sutton is situated at a center of transportation in West Virginia . Interstate 79 , a major north-south route , connects with Appalachian Corridor L ( U.S. Route 19 ) , another significant north-south route , just a few miles south of town .
Old Sutton High School , also known as Sutton Grade School , was a historic school located at Sutton , Braxton County , West Virginia . It was built in 1906 , and was a three-story red brick building . It measured 68 feet by 64 feet and featured a three-story , truncated entrance tower . It housed eight classrooms , a full basement , and an auditorium on the third floor . Rooms had high , pressed tin ceilings . It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1979 , and demolished in 2008 .
Michael Smith House is a historic home located near Cedarville , Braxton County , West Virginia . The original section , measuring 22 feet by 19 feet , was built in 1848 , and constructed of large hand-hewn logs supported by a foundation of rock pillars spaced about ten feet apart . In 1878 , a log addition , 18 feet by 19 feet , was added to the west end of the log house . The house has a six-foot porch across the entire front . The house was built as part of a settlement of German immigrants . It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2006 .
Cedarville is an unincorporated community in Gilmer County , West Virginia , United States . Cedarville is 6.5 miles ( 10.5 km ) south of Glenville , along Cedar Creek , from which the community takes its name . Cedarville has a post office with ZIP code 26611 . The Michael Smith House was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2006 .
Sutton Downtown Historic District is a national historic district located at Sutton , Braxton County , West Virginia . It encompasses 85 contributing buildings and two contributing structures covering eleven square blocks . The district includes the commercial , ecclesiastical , and civic core of the town and surrounding residential area . The district includes a number of buildings representative of popular architectural styles from the late-19th century and early-20th century including Romanesque Revival , Colonial Revival , Gothic Revival , and Greek Revival . Notable buildings include the Braxton County Courthouse ( 1881-1882 ) and Jail ( 1905 ) , Sutton Bank Building ( 1891 ) , Farmers Bank and Trust ( 1909 ) , Bank of Sutton ( c. 1900 ) , Methodist Episcopal Church , South ( 1896 ) , Kelly / Fisher House ( c. 1870 ) . Elk / Midway Hotel ( 1894 ) , and Katie B. Frame Residence ( c. 1880 ) . The two structures are the Bridge over Old Woman Run ( 1892 ) and Bridge over Elk ( 1930 ) . It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1987 .
Union Civil War Fortification , also known as Bulltown Civil War Site , is a historic archaeological site located near Napier , Braxton County , West Virginia . The site relates to the American Civil War Battle of Bulltown , that took place on October 13 , 1863 . During test excavations in the 1970s , remnants of structures , features , and artifacts were recovered . The site was purchased by the Army Corps of Engineers during the development of Burnsville Lake , and is administered as part of the Bulltown Historic Area . It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1984 .
Weston and Gauley Bridge Turnpike is a historic turnpike located at Burnsville , Braxton County , West Virginia . It is a 10 mile long section of trail , approximately 20 feet in width , with an unpaved surface . It is administered by the Army Corps of Engineers . The route was built starting in 1847 to provide access to Sutton for transport of product to grist mills and sawmills , and provided access to the Bulltown sawmills . During the American Civil War , the turnpike was used in 1861 by Union troops to move to take control of western Virginia . It was also critical in the movement of troops during the Battle of Bulltown on October 13 , 1863 . It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1995 .
Windy Run Grade School , also known as Windy Run School , is a historic one-room school located near Tesla , Braxton County , West Virginia . It was built in 1889 , and is a one-story wood frame structure measuring 24 feet wide and 28 feet deep . Also on the property is a small , gable roofed privy . It ceased use as a school in 1963 . It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1983 .
Tesla is an unincorporated community in Braxton County , West Virginia , United States . Tesla is 4.5 miles ( 7.2 km ) south of Sutton . The community might be named after Nikola Tesla ( 1856-1943 ) , an electrical engineer and inventor . Located near Tesla is the Windy Run Grade School , listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1983 .