The story
from WikipediaRead it all ↗The Gold Houses and Shumaker-Lewis House are listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
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National Register of Historic Places
2 historic places in Mason
2 places in Mason are on the National Register of Historic Places, the country’s official list of buildings and places worth saving.
#70
In West Virginiaby listings · most towns there have none
2places listed2 buildings
0National Historic LandmarksNone here yet
6historic buildings protectedcounting each building in a district
1979first listedShumaker-Lewis House · newest: Gold Houses, The, 1997
Where they are
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When they were listed
The Register began in 1966.
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National 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
When neighbors add old photos, retakes from the same spot appear here side by side.
Stories next door
nearby towns’ historyFrom the Library of Congress (3) and the National Register (1). Images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.