Downtown Morgantown Historic District

Downtown Morgantown Historic District
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
U.S. Historic district
Location:	Roughly bounded by Chestnut and Spruce Sts. between Foundry and Willey Sts., Morgantown, West Virginia
Coordinates:	39°37′47″N 79°57′26″W / 39.62972°N 79.95722°W / 39.62972; -79.95722Coordinates: 39°37′47″N 79°57′26″W / 39.62972°N 79.95722°W / 39.62972; -79.95722
Area:	75 acres (30 ha)
Architectural style:	Italianate, Greek Revival, Federal
Governing body:	Federal
NRHP Reference#:	96000441[1]
Added to NRHP:	May 2, 1996

Downtown Morgantown Historic District is a national historic district located at Morgantown, Monongalia County, West Virginia. The district originally included 122 contributing buildings and 2 contributing sites in the central business district and surrounding residential areas of Morgantown. Notable buildings include the Neville House (1823), Chancery Row (c. 1855), Spruce Street United Methodist Church (1908, by Elmer F. Jacobs), Morgantown City Hall (1924), the Crow-Garlow-Lewin House, The Warner Theater (1931), and Wesley United Methodist Church (1942). Also in the district are the separately listed Old Stone House, Rogers House, Walters House, Brown Building, Dering Building, Metropolitan Theatre, Monongalia County Courthouse, Old Morgantown Post Office, and Women's Christian Temperance Union Community Building.^[2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1996.^[1]

References

1. ^ ^{a b} "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. 2010-07-09. http://nrhp.focus.nps.gov/natreg/docs/All_Data.html. 
2. ^ Barbara E. Rasmussen (December 1995). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Downtown Morgantown Historic District". State of West Virginia, West Virginia Division of Culture and History, Historic Preservation. http://www.wvculture.org/shpo/nr/pdf/monongalia/96000441.pdf. Retrieved 2011-08-20.