West Virginia and Regional History Center / West Virginia University / 1549 University Avenue / P.O. Box 6069 / Morgantown,
WV 26506-6069 / Phone: 304-293-3536 / Fax: 304-293-3981 / URL: https://wvrhc.lib.wvu.edu/
Language
English
Abstract
Building inventories, photo Xeroxes and indexes, street maps, taped interviews and summary reports of a historic buildings
survey of Keystone by the WVU Public History Program in conjunction with the Historic Preservation Unit of the WV Dept. of
Culture & History. The study of this McDowell County community provides "a basic architectural history of one southern coal
town". Additionally, the oral histories and narrative report provide a more complete history than contained in typical building
inventory forms. Keystone (originally Cassville) acquired its name from the company which opened the first mine there in 1892.
This town, along the Norfolk & Western Railroad line, prospered up to the time of the Great Depression, and it was noted for
its various neighborhoods of Blacks, immigrants and wealthy as well as a part of town, called "the Cinderbottom", that was
a thriving red light district.
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Conditions Governing Access
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Preferred Citation
[Description and date of item], [Box/folder number], Keystone, Historic Buildings Survey, Records, A&M 1151, West Virginia
and Regional History Center, West Virginia University Libraries, Morgantown, West Virginia.
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