Rosedale Historic District

Rosedale is a neighborhood on the west bank of the Jackson River, across from Covington, Virginia. It began as part of the McAllister family farm. Its oldest building, Rose Dale, dates from the late 1850s and gave the area its name. In 1899-1900 A. Addams McAllister laid out the suburb. The same year he sold a large tract of the family land to the West Virginia Pulp & Paper Company (now Westvaco), and the mill later built housing for senior officials on Midland Trail. The district contains 94 resources, of which 79 contribute to its character. Most are detached houses built between the 1890s and the late 1940s, in styles including Queen Anne, Colonial Revival, Tudor Revival and Craftsman bungalow. Several are mail-order kit houses from Sears and Aladdin. Historic garages, a concrete arched bridge, open river fields and stone retaining walls add to the setting. The largest building is the former hospital, now a county office building. The neighborhood largely took its present form by the late 1930s.