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Photo: Coal town guy, CC BY-SA 3.0 via Wikimedia Commons
An imposing Romanesque Revival style stone building atop a hillside overlooking downtown. The courtyard steps were infamously the site of the murders of Edward Chambers and Sid Hatfield, who was the sheriff of nearby Matewan and an outspoken union organizer, by agents of the coal company.
The McDowell County Courthouse is a historic courthouse in Welch, West Virginia. It was placed on the National Register of Historic Places on August 29, 1979.
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18,000 acres of rugged mountain terrain and 20-acre lake, with picnic areas, swimming pool, hiking trails, hunting and fishing. 8 camping sites.