XIX.

Kimball, WV: A Photo Tour

I live in a town of 411 residents. Here's an interesting fact: In 1987, West Virginia enacted a severance tax of 5% of the sale price of mined coal. In 2004, the total severance tax collected was $238,469,852.00. Of that, Kimball received $948.44.

This is the SHED house where I've been staying.
To be clear, the house is not a shed, the letters stand for 'Safe Housing and Economic Development,' which is the non-profit who manages the property. I live up on a hill above the town.

Note the elephant shutters

House across the street. I think of it as the precursor to this.

View looking down the hill toward townTown Hall at bottom of hill
Town
There aren't many establishments in town. Fortuitously, one of them is a good Greek restaurant.
Most of the buildings on Main Street were razed after flood damage
Caboose
Church

This is easily the premier building in Kimball. It's a monument to African-American Soldiers of World War I.
It's been completely rebuilt from its shell.