Pocahontas County Courthouse and Jail
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| Location | 900C Tenth Ave., Marlinton, West Virginia |
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| Coordinates | 38°13′4″N 80°5′18″W / 38.21778°N 80.08833°W |
| Area | 1.7 acres (0.69 ha) |
| Built | 1894 |
| Built by | Manley Manufacturing Company |
| Architect | M.F. Giesey |
| Architectural style | Romanesque |
| NRHP reference No. | 94000724[1] |
| Added to NRHP | July 15, 1994 |
Pocahontas County Courthouse and Jail is a historic courthouse and jail located at Marlinton, Pocahontas County, West Virginia. The courthouse was built in 1894, and is a 2 1/2-story, brick, Victorian Romanesque building with a stone raised basement level. It has irregular massing with a central block that has a steep hip roof. The front elevation features two towers, one at each corner. A courthouse annex building was added in 1976. The jail is a two-story brick building in simple Romanesque Style. It was built at the same time as the courthouse as the jailer's residence. A brick two-story shallow hip roofed ell was added in 1926, to house the jail.[2]
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1994.[1]
References[edit]
- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ Michael Gioulis (March 1994). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Pocahontas County Courthouse and Jail" (PDF). State of West Virginia, West Virginia Division of Culture and History, Historic Preservation. Retrieved 2011-09-01.
Categories:
- County courthouses in West Virginia
- Courthouses on the National Register of Historic Places in West Virginia
- Romanesque Revival architecture in West Virginia
- Government buildings completed in 1894
- Buildings and structures in Pocahontas County, West Virginia
- National Register of Historic Places in Pocahontas County, West Virginia
- Potomac Highlands Registered Historic Place stubs