West Virginia, United States · North America
Terra Alta sits on the route: 25 minutes from Kingwood, 52km from Dolly Sods Wilderness.
Terra Alta is a town located in West Virginia, United States. With a population of 1,493, it is an important destination in North America.
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Terra Alta Bank, also known as The History House, is a historic bank building located at Terra Alta, Preston County, West Virginia. It was built in 1893, and is a three-story, six bay wide brick Italianate style commercial building. It has a cast iron storefront on the first floor of the main facade and metal windowRead more
surrounds on the upper floors. The roof line of the building has a decorative bracketed cast iron cornice on three sides.
The Terra Alta Bank was chartered in 1891 as the second bank established in Preston County. In 1893, its board undertook construction of the three-story Italianate building designed by Gakes Brothers & Sharps. It was the only bank in Preston County to survive the Great Depression. The bank occupied the building until 1991, after which it was partly occupied by a local historical society.
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1997.
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Terra Alta is located in West Virginia, United States, North America. The coordinates are 39.4457 latitude, -79.5464 longitude.
Terra Alta has a population of approximately 1,493 people, making it a town in United States.
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Full driving guide for United States2 notable places within an hour's drive.
waterfall
The Blackwater River drops 62 feet in an amber-brown curtain stained by tannins leached from upstream red spruce and hemlock bogs. A wooden stairway of just over 200 steps drops to the viewing platforms.
38 km · about 45 min drive
natural wonder
A windswept high plateau of heath barrens, sphagnum bogs and one-sided 'flagged' spruce that feels transplanted from northern Canada onto West Virginia's 39th parallel. Forest Route 75 along the eastern edge closes to vehicles roughly January to mid-April.
52 km · about 60 min drive
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