Malden Historic District, Georges, Malden, Planters Drives & U.S. Route 60, Malden, Kanawha County, WV

Significance: Malden, originally called Kanawha Salines, was the town that played the most prominent role in the development of the salt industry in the Kanawha Valley, an industry which spawned the considerable present-day industrial importance of the valley as a chemical-producing region. Malden is notable for the large number of early buildings, some dating from the 1830s, that remain, attesting to a degree of architectural formalism existing in the town earlier than in any other Kanawha Valley settlement because of the national importance of the salt works. The Malden Historic District containing the early structures was entered in the National Register of Historic Places on July 18, 1980.
Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-61
Survey number: HABS WV-210
National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 80004028