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Federal Aviation Administration
Records Center
Federal Aviation Administration Records Center is located in West Virginia
Federal Aviation Administration Records Center
Federal Aviation Administration Records Center is located in the United States
Federal Aviation Administration Records Center
Location300 W. King St.,
Martinsburg, West Virginia
Coordinates39°27′25″N 77°58′00″W / 39.4569°N 77.9667°W / 39.4569; -77.9667
Built1892
Architectural styleRomanesque Revival
Websitehttp://www.theartcentre.org
NRHP reference No.74001995
Added to NRHPSeptember 10, 1974[1]

The Federal Aviation Administration Records Center in Martinsburg, West Virginia is the former United States Courthouse and Post Office for the city. It is a Richardson Romanesque style building, principally designed by Willoughby J. Edbrooke, of the Office of the Supervising Architect.[2] It was used as a federal courthouse and post office from 1895 to 1961, when both functions moved across the street to a new facility. The building to some extent resembles Henry Hobson Richardson's now-destroyed Cincinnati Chamber of Commerce Building.[3]

The Federal Aviation Administration occupied the building in 1970, primarily as an emergency relocation center for Washington-based operations, then vacated the building in the 1990s. The blast-resistant construction and communications facilities are still visible in the basement.[4]

The building was partly renovated as an arts center. It is part of the Downtown Martinsburg Historic District and was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1974.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. April 15, 2008.
  2. ^ John D. Milner (June 22, 1973). "National Register of Historic Places Nomination: Federal Aviation Administration Records Center" (pdf). National Park Service. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  3. ^ Chambers, S. Allen, Jr. Buildings of West Virginia. Oxford University Press. p. 529. ISBN 0-19-516548-9.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  4. ^ "Martinsburg Arts Centre in Larger Venue", Quad-State Business Journal, November 2006, accessed June 13, 2008


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