Alex B. Mahood
Alex B. Mahood | |
|---|---|
| Born | March 17, 1888 |
| Died | December 25, 1970[1] |
| Occupation | Architect |
Alexander Blount Mahood (March 17, 1888 – December 25, 1970) was a Bluefield, West Virginia-based architect.
He was born at Lynchburg, Virginia in 1888 and attended the École des Beaux-Arts. He came to Bluefield in 1912 and set up business. He was the architect for the West Virginia Hotel (1923) and many of his major residential works are in the South Bluefield area. These included the Country Club and the Country Club Hill section where the Bluefield Club was constructed in 1920.[2] Mahood designed mansions for magnates of the southern coalfields, and embellished Bluefield's residential districts with some of the grandest Georgian Revival houses in the state.[3]
He designed the Women's Dormitory at the West Virginia University in Morgantown, United States Steel Building in Gary, Skyway Drive-In Theater in Brush Fork, the Deco-Style Mercer County Courthouse (1930–1931) in Princeton and the Guyan Theater in Logan. He also designed a number of coal company offices and stores in the southern West Virginia region.[2] He may have also designed the McNeer House (1919) near Salt Sulphur Springs, West Virginia.[4]
He died in 1970, at Bluefield, West Virginia.
Selected works
- 1914: Page Coal and Coke Company Store, Pageton, West Virginia, listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1992.[5]
- 1917: Pocahontas Fuel Company Store, Switchback, West Virginia, listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1992.[5]
- 1917: Pocahontas Fuel Company Store and Office Buildings, Jenkinjones, West Virginia, listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1992.[5]
- 1919: Easley House, Bluefield, West Virginia, listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1992.[5]
- 1921: Peerless Coal Company Store, Vivian, West Virginia, listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1992.[5]
- 1923-1925: Itmann Company Store and Office, Itmann, West Virginia, listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1990.[5]
- 1930-1931: Mercer County Courthouse, Courthouse Sq. Princeton, West Virginia, listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980.[5]
- He also designed properties in the Beckley Courthouse Square Historic District, Bluefield Downtown Commercial Historic District, Country Club Hill Historic District, Jefferson Street Historic District, South Bluefield Historic District, and Upper Oakhurst Historic District.[5]
References
- ^ unknown (n.d.). "The AIA Historical Directory of American Architects". American Institute of Architects. Retrieved 2011-08-18.
- ^ a b Michael Gioulis (December 1991). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Easley House" (PDF). State of West Virginia, West Virginia Division of Culture and History, Historic Preservation. Retrieved 2011-08-18.
- ^ S. Allen Chambers (n.d.). "The West Virginia Encyclopedia: Architects and Architecture". West Virginia Humanities Council. Archived from the original on 20 July 2011. Retrieved 2011-08-18.
{{cite web}}: Unknown parameter|deadurl=ignored (|url-status=suggested) (help) - ^ Ronald L. Riplev (December 1990). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: McNeer House" (PDF). State of West Virginia, West Virginia Division of Culture and History, Historic Preservation. Retrieved 2011-08-18.
- ^ a b c d e f g h "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.