Fohs Hall

	Fohs Hall
	U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Location	143 N. Walker St., Marion, Kentucky
Coordinates	37°20′03″N 88°04′43″W / 37.334167°N 88.078611°W
Area	1.1 acres (0.45 ha)
Built	1926
Built by	J.N. Boston & Sons
Architect	Frankel & Curtis
Architectural style	Classical Revival
NRHP reference No.	82002682
Added to NRHP	April 29, 1982

Fohs Hall in Marion, Kentucky was built in 1926. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982.^[1]

It was built to serve as a community center for Marion and was a donation of Ferdinand Julius Fohs, a notable petroleum geologist who grew up in Marion. Architects Frankel and Curtis of Lexington, Kentucky, designed the building, which was built at cost of $73,081 on the site of the small house where Fohs had lived. Fohs donated it to the Marion Board of Education to serve as a community center and as an auxiliary building for Marion High School, which was located across the street. The building included a music room, a lounge, a study hall, a small library, classrooms, and an auditorium.^[2]

It is a two-story brick building on a limestone foundation. It has a recessed center bay in its front, north-facing facade, topped by a stone pediment supported by four Corinthian columns.^[2]

Fohs formed a geological firm, Fohs and Gardner, with James H. Gardner as partner.^[3] Fohs is credited with helping discover the Mexia oil field in 1920.^[4]

References

^ ^a ^b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
^ ^a ^b "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Fohs Hall". National Park Service. With four photos.
^ Clark, James; Halbouty, Michael (1972). The Last Oil Boom. New York: Random House. p. 119. ISBN 0394482328.
^ Olien, Diana; Olien, Roger (2002). Oil in Texas, The Gusher Age, 1895-1945. Austin: University of Texas Press. pp. 119, 125. ISBN 0292760566.

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[nris-1] "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.

[nrhpdoc-2] "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Fohs Hall". National Park Service. With four photos.

[jc-3] Clark, James; Halbouty, Michael (1972). The Last Oil Boom. New York: Random House. p. 119. ISBN 0394482328.

[oo-4] Olien, Diana; Olien, Roger (2002). Oil in Texas, The Gusher Age, 1895-1945. Austin: University of Texas Press. pp. 119, 125. ISBN 0292760566.

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