{"nrhp_refnum":"95000829","name":"Old Kentucky Turnpike Historic District","other_names":["184-0001","See Also:Clinch Valley Roller Mills"],"category":"district","location":{"address":"Along Indian Creek Rd., Old Kentucky Tnpk., College Hill Rd. and Cedar Valley Dr.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Cedar Bluff","county":"Tazewell County","state":"VA","lat":37.08984531500005,"lon":-81.7636085035621,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1995-07-07","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture","Education","Politics/Government"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A historic district in the town of Cedar Bluff, Tazewell County, Virginia, along the Old Kentucky Turnpike, Indian Creek Road and College Hill Road, on both sides of the Clinch River. It holds houses, churches, a school, a mill and railroad structures from the mid-19th to mid-20th century.","why_significant":"The district preserves the early center of the community that grew along the Tazewell Court House and Kentucky Line Turnpike near the Clinch River water resources. It includes the boyhood home of Governor George C. Peery, houses associated with local builder Thomas M. Cubine, and the 1906 Cedar Bluff High School. It also shows the town's development through a mix of institutional, residential and industrial buildings.","narrative":"Cedar Bluff's early town center lies along the Old Kentucky Turnpike, near where Indian Creek meets the Clinch River in Tazewell County, Virginia. The district contains 40 contributing and 27 noncontributing resources, mostly houses, churches and institutional buildings dating from the third quarter of the nineteenth century to the third quarter of the twentieth. Notable examples include the Queen Anne-style Baylor House, the Peery House, boyhood home of Governor George C. Peery, and several frame central-passage houses said to have been built by local builder Thomas M. Cubine. Cedar Bluff High School, built in 1906 on College Hill, and the Clinch Valley Roller Mills, first built in the late 1850s, add institutional and industrial character. The turnpike was begun in 1850, and the village grew in the postbellum period as Peery family lots along the road were sold to people who built houses there. The district also includes railroad structures and the McGuire-Peery House setting.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":"Thomas M. Cubine (local builder, traditionally associated with several houses)","architectural_style":"Greek Revival, Queen Anne, Late Gothic Revival, Bungalow/Craftsman; central-passage, two-room and T plans","criteria":[],"status_note":"Many buildings remain in use as houses, churches and a school; the Clinch Valley Roller Mills has been converted to a restaurant and the old high school to a residence.","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:51:59.848083-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/58/6839/41683958/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_VA/95000829.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/95000829/681b413875-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/95000829/681b413875-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"Nyttend","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ratliffe_House_in_Cedar_Bluff.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Nyttend</a>, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ratliffe_House_in_Cedar_Bluff.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/41683958","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Old_Kentucky_Turnpike_Historic_District","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q15263810"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/virginia/tazewell-county/old-kentucky-turnpike-historic-district-95000829/"}