Federal Aviation Administration Records Center

Infobox_nrhp | name =Federal Aviation Administration Records Center
nrhp_type =


caption =
location= Martinsburg, West Virginia
lat_degrees = 39
lat_minutes = 27
lat_seconds = 24
lat_direction = N
long_degrees = 77
long_minutes = 58
long_seconds = 1
long_direction = W
locmapin = West Virginia
area =
built =1892
architect= Multiple
architecture= Other, Romanesque
added = September 10, 1974cite web|url=http://www.nr.nps.gov/|title=National Register Information System|date=2008-04-15|work=National Register of Historic Places|publisher=National Park Service]
governing_body = GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION
refnum=74001995

The Federal Aviation Administration Records Center in Martinsburg, West Virginia is the former United States Courthouse and Post Office. It is a Richardson Romanesque style building, principally designed by Willoughby J. Edbrooke, Supervising Architect of the Treasury Department. citation|title=PDFlink| [http://www.wvculture.org/shpo/nr/pdf/berkeley/74001995.pdf National Register of Historic Places Nomination: Federal Aviation Administration Records Center] |2 MB|date=June 22, 1973 |author=John D. Milner|publisher=National Park Service] 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 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 [ [http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qa5388/is_200611/ai_n21402521 "Martinsburg Arts Centre in Larger Venue", Quad-State Business Journal, November 2006, accessed June 13, 2008] ] .

The building is presently used as a community arts center.

Notable Employees

Mike Duda of the band W.A.S.P.

References

External links

* [http://www.theartcentre.org/ The Arts Centre website]
* [http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/hhh.wv0287 Federal Aviation Administration Records Center, 300 West King Street, Martinsburg, Berkeley County, WV: 1 photograph, 1 data page, 1 photo caption page at Historic American Building Survey ]