Save This Old Place - Circa Historic Ittman Company Store on 1.6 Acres in West Virginia $250K

OHU50K Notes $250,000

We don’t usually post properties with this high a price tag, but a reader, Lauren, asked to showcase the Historic Ittman Company Storeg located near her hometown. The building sits on 1.6 acres surrounded by gorgeous scenery. Per Foxnation.com, “This landmark property built of native stone overlooks the Guyandotte River in southern West Virginia near Twin Falls Resort State Park and the Hatfield-McCoy Trails—a 45-minute drive from the New River Gorge National Park and Preserve. On the National Register of Historic Places, it’s among the finest examples of coal-industry architecture in the U.S.”

Realtor Comments

Architect Mahood composed the complex in the Classical Revival architectural style using sandstone quarried across the river and trucked to the site. The structures consist chiefly of two large buildings—an office building and a store building—flanking a courtyard and connected by a loggia, perhaps the most recognizable element in Mahood’s design. The buildings are principally of stone and steel-reinforced concrete construction with casement windows and roofed in green ceramic tile. The complex is estimated to contain more than 23,000 square feet of interior floor space.

Listed on the National Register of Historic Places
On the Guyandotte River Water Trail
On the National Coal Heritage Byway
State and Federal Funding for Restoration
Proximity to Hatfield-McCoy Off-Road Trails
Proximity to Twin Falls Resort State Park
Proximity to Coalfields Expressway
*23,000sf
*1.6 acres

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Contact:David Sibray or Randy S. Burdette, 304-575-7390 or 304667-2897
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10565 River Road, Itmann, WV 24847 $250,000

History

“The Itmann store and office complex was designed for the Pocahontas Fuel Company by Alexander B. Mahood, a classically trained architect renowned for his civic, residential, and collegiate compositions. Mahood designed several large company stores and office buildings in the coalfields of southern West Virginia, though the store and office complex at Itmann is widely considered his most elaborate. Other works include the nearby Hotel Wyoming, at Mullens, and several large college and dormitory buildings at Concord University and West Virginia University.

President of the Pocahontas Fuel Company, Isaac T. Mann employed Mahood to design the store and office. A banker with an eye for enterprise, Mann established the coal company in 1907 and in 1916, founded the mining operations at Itmann. He had also commissioned Mahood to build several early stores and office buildings, many of which have since been demolished. Pocahontas Fuel became one of the most productive coal mining companies in the U.S.

Built between 1923 and 1925, the structure was crafted by Italian stonemasons brought in from the surrounding coalfields to supervise the construction. The stone is native and was quarried from an outcrop across the river. When the store and office complex was being built, Mann relocated the company owned-homes of miners and their families onto terraces worked into the hillside above.

In 1956, Pocahontas Fuel was acquired by the Consolidation Coal Company, later Consol Energy. In 1987, the building was acquired by Billy Wayne Bailey, a member of the West Virginia Senate representing the state’s ninth district from 1991 until 2009. Bailey maintained the structure for various tenants, including the U.S. Post Office and several beneficent organizations.”

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