The district centers on Washington Street and includes the Jefferson County Courthouse and the New Opera House, themselves on the National Register of Historic Places.

Other structures include the Market House, the Independent Fire Company building and the Post Office.

A few very early buildings are included, such as the Sheetz House, dating to 1797.

In 1864, General Philip Sheridan used the Rutherford House at 417 East Washington Street as a headquarters for the Valley Campaign, meeting General Ulysses S. Grant there.

This article about a property in Jefferson County, West Virginia on the National Register of Historic Places is a stub.