{"nrhp_refnum":"03001435","name":"Stonega Historic District","other_names":["097-0042"],"category":"district","location":{"address":"VA 600, form 0.1 mi. N of jct with VA 685 to a point approx. 3 mi. to the NE","address_restricted":false,"city":"Appalachia","county":"Wise County","state":"VA","lat":37.14047658350003,"lon":-80.55486503111024,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2004-01-16","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture","Industry"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A historic coal company town district along Callahans Creek in eastern Wise County, Virginia, near Appalachia. The town was founded in 1896 by the Stonega Coke and Coal Company, and most surviving resources date from 1895 to about 1915.","why_significant":"Stonega is described as one of the earliest and longest-lived coal company towns in the Southwest Virginia coalfields. It is significant for architecture and for industry, with company housing arranged by rank and race, and it retains a rare two-story school and social building from the segregated Red Row community.","narrative":"Stonega is a coal company town strung along Callahans Creek in the mountains of eastern Wise County, near the Kentucky line. The Stonega Coke and Coal Company opened it in 1896, and most surviving buildings date from 1895 to about 1915. The remaining resources fall into three groups: Red Row, a historically Black neighborhood of double houses; a central area made up of the Park, Quality Row and Hunktown; and Midway, a later row of single-family houses built in 1914. Housing followed company rank, with large frame houses for managers and doctors on Park Place and board-and-batten duplexes for miners. The Stonega Colored School, a two-story frame building, served as a school and a community meeting place for the segregated Red Row community. Two brick buildings from the late 1930s, a bathhouse and a supply warehouse, survive near the old coke oven site. The district is recognized for its architecture and its role in coal industry history from 1895 to 1952.","period_of_significance":"1895-1952","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Colonial Revival; Bungalow/Craftsman; Gothic Revival","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"Current functions include dwellings and a religious facility. The Stonega Colored Methodist Church still serves a religious function. Some resources are listed as vacant or not in use, and the former coke oven area is nearly vacant land.","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:52:02.62613-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/80/6841/41684180/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_VA/03001435.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/03001435/4587c4d808-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/03001435/4587c4d808-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 4.0","author":"James Shelton32","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Stonega_Roman_Catholic_church_then_Baptist_church.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">James Shelton32</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 4.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Stonega_Roman_Catholic_church_then_Baptist_church.jpg"},"district":{"nrhp_refnum":"00000491","name":"East Radford Historic District (Additional Documentation)","url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/districts/virginia/east-radford-historic-district-additional-documentation-00000491/"},"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/41684180","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stonega_Historic_District","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q16900746"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/virginia/wise-county/stonega-historic-district-03001435/"}