The story
from WikipediaRead it all ↗In the late 18th century, various subsistence farming settlements were established in the vicinity of the future Fairmont.
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Timeline
built from the dates on the items below1802Rev. Charles C. PearsonDocument
1900s3 items · Christ (Episcopal) Church, Fairmont, …Commons
1910–1999Nothing yet. Family albums go here.
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1 of 10 decades since 1900 have photos 🔁Retake an old viewChrist (Episcopal) Church, Fairmo…, 1902: stand where they stood+15 📦Share a family photoSign in to add one+10Famous people from Fairmont
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By decade
Fairmont, decade by decade
1800s1 paper
1900s3 items
1910s–
1990s
1990s
Nothing in the archives for these yearsWeddings on Main Street, storms, parades, school pictures, the old store. If it’s in your family album, it belongs here.
📷 Add from your albumNational Register of Historic Places
16 historic places in Fairmont
Fairmont has 16 listings on the National Register, and they protect 480 historic buildings, because Fleming-Watson Historic District alone counts 365.
#9
Among West Virginia’s most-listed townsby listings · most towns there have none
16places listed11 buildings · 4 districts · 1 other
0National Historic LandmarksNone here yet
480historic buildings protectedcounting each building in a district
1979first listedMarion County Courthouse and Sheriff's House · newest: Mount Zion Baptist Church, 2023
Where they are
Tap a dot for a photo and link. Districts show at their center.
BuildingsDistrictsStructures
Architectural styles
From each listing’s National Archives record · 7 of 16 name a style
When they were listed
The Register began in 1966. Fairmont’s busiest decade was the 1990s.
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Listed 1979Marion County Courthouse and Sheriff's House
Listed 1979Thomas W. Fleming House
Listed 1982High Gate
Listed 1988Shaw House
Listed 1991High Level Bridge
Listed 1993Masonic Temple
Listed 1994Fairmont Normal School Administration Building
Listed 1995Jacobs-Hutchinson Block
Listed 1995Fairmont Downtown Historic District
Listed 2001Fleming-Watson Historic District
Listed 2002Fairmont Senior High School
Listed 2004Woodlawn Cemetery
Listed 2006Colonial Apartments
Listed 2013Miller, Thomas C., Public School
Listed 2015Dunbar SchoolListed 2023Mount Zion Baptist ChurchNational Park Service, National Register of Historic Places (05/22/2026) · styles from the National Archives catalog · photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited on each place
Then & now
No then-and-now pairs yet. Take a photo from the same spot as Rev. Thomas E. Winecoff (1902) and it appears here side by side.
🔁 Retake this view · +15Stories next door
nearby towns’ historyFrom Wikimedia Commons (4) and the National Register (1). Images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.