Kingwood Historic District is a national historic district located at Kingwood, Preston County, West Virginia. The district encompasses 103 contributing buildings in the central business district and surrounding residential areas of Kingwood. Most of the buildings are two story, frame and masonry buildings. Notable buildings include the Preston County Courthouse (1934), Kingwood National Bank Building (1908), C.M. Bishop House (1872), Preston Academy (1842), IOOF Lodge (c. 1860), Bank of Kingwood (1900), Bishop Block (1877), Presbyterian Church (1878), Methodist Church (1879), Wilson Building (1930), and Loar's Service Station (1927). Located in the district and listed separately is the James Clark McGrew House.
Architects whose work is represented in the district include Stanton M. Howard of Wheeling for his Methodist Church,"Anniversary is celebrated". Preston County (WV) Journal 22 Sept. 2004: 1. Milburn, Heister & Company of Washington, DC for their Bank of Kingwood Building,American Contractor 9 July 1910: 45. Carl Reger of Morgantown's Preston County Jail, and Richard M. Bates, Jr. of Huntington, who designed the former Central Preston High School.Engineering and Contracting 13 April 1921: 31. Chicago.
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1994.
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