Mount Hope Landmarks

Mount Hope Landmarks. . Many structures built during the coal boom remain throughout the town of Mount Hope showing the business and industrial center that Mount Hope once was. , The stone bank building that survived the fire of 1910 and the New River Coal Company office are good examples. New River Coal Company also built Hotel Mount Hope. After employees started moving into their own homes, the company hired a manager to attract customers and renamed it the "New River Hotel". The hotel could not meet the demand from the number of travelers, so in 1931 it expanded and was renamed "The Mountainair Hotel". , By the end of the 1920s, most of the business district was rebuilt complete with electricity including the Masonic Building built in 1928 which housed the Princess Playhouse and was used for Civil Defense during world war two. It was the first fireproof building in the state built completely of metal and concrete. , Structures built by Italian masons following the Great Depression also remain including Municipal Stadium, built in 1938 as home to both Mount Hope and Dubois High School sporting events and other activities, a world war one Monument, the water fountain, a coal seam exhibit, and the stone walls throughout town. , The graves of William Blake, Sr. and C. C. Brown, first settlers in the area, are buried at the Blake-Brown cemetery, the only cemetery within city limits. Three other cemeteries are located in the area including the MacDonald and Rose Hill Cemeteries established by the MacDonald Coal Company and separated by race, and the Kilsyth Cemetery established by the McKell Coal Company.