Lewisburg Historic District Additional Documentation
Updates to the Lewisburg Historic District in Lewisburg, Greenbrier County, WV, will be considered by the West Virginia Archives and History Commission for nomination to the National Register of Historic Places at its meeting on November 21, 2025. The meeting will be conducted virtually. If the meeting must be cancelled due to inclement weather, lack of quorum, or other emergency, it will be rescheduled for a later date to be determined.
Please contact the West Virginia State Historic Preservation Office at 304.558.0220 or Cody.Straley@wv.gov for details on how to attend or for further updates.
A copy of the meeting agenda will be available by contacting Aaron Parsons at 304.558.0230. The district includes approximately 350 acres and includes Parcel 10-19-158 on the west; parcels along Church St., Court St., Austin St., Bell Dr., Lafayette St., and Lightner Ave. on the south.; parcels along Washington St. E, Edgar Dr., Dwyer Ln., Matthews St. on the east; parcels along Lee St., Greenbrier Ave., Court St. N, Green Ln., Walnut St., Randolph St. W, and Courtney Dr. on the north. A copy of a map depicting the boundary can be obtained by contacting Mr. Cody Straley, National Register Coordinator, at the State Historic Preservation Office at 304.558.0220.
Listing in the National Register, the Federal government’s official list of historic properties worthy of preservation, results in the following for historic properties:
1. Consideration in planning for Federal, Federally licensed, and Federally assisted projects. The Advisory Council on Historic Preservation must be given an opportunity to comment on all Federally funded or licensed projects affecting listing properties. For further information, see 36 CFR 800.
2. Eligibility for Federal tax provisions. The Federal Internal Revenue Code encourages the preservation of depreciable historic structures by allowing favorable tax treatments for rehabilitation and also provides for charitable contributions for conservation purposes of partial interests in historically important land areas or structures. For further information, see 36 CFR 67.
3. Eligibility for State tax provisions. Homeowners Residential and Commercial/Income-producing tax credits are available for historic properties which are rehabilitated and meet the Secretary of the Interior’s Standards for Rehabilitation.
4. Consideration of historic value in the decision by the State or Federal government to issue a surface coal mining permit where coal is located. For further information, see W. Va. Code R. § 38-2.
5. Eligibility for Federal and/or State grants-in-aid, whenever funds are appropriated by Congress and/or the West Virginia Legislature.
Owners of private property within the nominated boundary may concur in, object to, or comment on the nomination in accord with 36 CFR Part 60. Any owner or partial owner who objects to listing should submit a notarized statement (certifying ownership and objection to listing) by November 21, 2025 to Mr. Cody Straley, National Register Coordinator, Department of Tourism, The Culture Center, 1900 Kanawha Blvd. E., Charleston, West Virginia 25305-0300. Moreover, all interested parties may comment on the nomination, especially on the significance of the property and whether or not it meets the National Register Criteria for Evaluation. These written comments may be made to the same address by November 21, 2025. Should the meeting be postponed, comments and objections will be accepted until the date of the rescheduled meeting.
A copy of the nomination, the criteria used for evaluation, and additional information on the National Register process and results of listing are available from the State Historic Preservation Office, at the above address.
Inquiries may be directed to Mr. Cody Straley, National Register Coordinator, at 304.558.0220 ext. 712 or at Cody.Straley@wv.gov.
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