Coal Run Historic District

Coal Run is a linear river village on the Muskingum River in Washington County, Ohio, about 15 miles northwest of Marietta. The district takes in the whole village, with buildings along Main, Maple and Hill Streets. Most are modest one and one-and-a-half story frame cottages and I-houses from the mid-19th century, many with center chimneys and little ornament. Several cottages on Hill Street were homes for miners who worked the nearby coal mines. The district also contains the 1802 Mason House, a rare saltbox, and an 1839 brick farmhouse built for the Beach family, who founded the community. Other resources include general stores, one built in 1839, an 1870 store and residence now serving as the post office, an 1858 Gothic Revival Methodist chapel converted to a home, two schoolhouses and Mason Cemetery. Coal Run was served by stagecoach, steamboats, a free ferry and the interurban line, and the district records how a small coal and river community developed.