Carter Coal Company Store (Caretta, West Virginia)

Carter Coal Company Store, also known as Consolidation Coal Company Store, is a historic company store building located at Caretta, McDowell County, West Virginia. It was built about 1912 by the Carter Coal Company, and is a one-story brick commercial building on a stone foundation. It has a gable roof. The building was originally T-shaped, but wood-frame additions built in 1922, spread the plan to an "L." .^[2] It ceased operating as a post office in August 2005.^[3]

Carter Coal Company Store
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
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Location	Jct. of WV 16 and Co. Rt. 12/8, Caretta, West Virginia
Coordinates	37°20′1″N 81°40′28″W
Area	less than one acre
Built	1922
Architectural style	L plan
MPS	Coal Company Stores in McDowell County MPS
NRHP reference No.	92000329[1]
Added to NRHP	April 17, 1992

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1992.^[1]

See also

• Carter Coal Company Store (Coalwood, West Virginia)
• Carter v. Carter Coal Co.

References

1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
2. Stacy Sone (December 1991). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Carter Coal Company Store" (PDF). State of West Virginia, West Virginia Division of Culture and History, Historic Preservation. Retrieved 2011-08-05.
3. "Postmaster Finder - Who We Are - USPS".