The convention and visitors' bureau is located at 310 Oyler Avenue, 304-465-5617, (http://www.newrivercvb.com/).
Main Street
is the heart of downtown and the location of many area shops and restaurants. Storefronts are decorated with fodder shocks and bows during the autumn, and icicle lights and greenery at Christmas.The Lewis House, 214 W Main Street, 304-469-6200. Established in 1903, the Lewis House was formerly a funeral home but now serves as a museum space that also hosts classes.
The Hank Williams Memorial is a plaque dedicated to the country music singer, who was pronounced dead in Oak Hill on January 1, 1953.
The Oak Hill railroad depot, part of the area's coal heritage, was built by the White Oak Railway around 1905. It closed in the 1980s but is now undergoing renovation.
Whipple Company Store
WV-612 and Scarbro Road in Scarbro, 304-465-0331. An impressive wooden structure built in the 1890s for the mining company; the store sold merchandise until the late 1980s, even after the mine closed in 1957. Today the building is a museum about the history of coal mining, coal miners, and their families.The small village of Minden Minden Road, off WV-16 was a mining town in 1899, and still features examples of the company-built miners' homes. The mines themselves closed in the 1950s, and today the village - although it's only about 5 minutes outside Oak Hill - has a very different look than most small country towns. If you pay it a visit, drive slowly - the roads are narrow, with homes crowded close in, and young children are often playing in the streets.
