- Monongalia County Courthouse
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Monongalia County Courthouse
Location: 243 High St., Morgantown, West Virginia Coordinates: 39°37′47″N 79°57′26″W / 39.62972°N 79.95722°WCoordinates: 39°37′47″N 79°57′26″W / 39.62972°N 79.95722°W Area: 0.5 acres (0.20 ha) Built: 1881, 1891 Architectural style: Italianate, Romanesque Governing body: Local NRHP Reference#: 85001525[1] Added to NRHP: July 8, 1985 Monongalia County Courthouse is a historic courthouse building located at Morgantown, Monongalia County, West Virginia. The courthouse was built in 1891, and consists of a two-story building with a basement, five-story clock tower and three-story South tower in the Romanesque styles. The distinctive central clock tower has a pyramidal rood, four doomed buttresses, stone molds over the four clocks and tower windows, arcade belfry, and quatrefoil design with the building date. The original northern facade was covered by an addition built in 1925. Another addition was built in 1975. Connected to the courthouse is a two-story Italianate style jailhouse built in 1881.[2]
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1985. It is located in the Downtown Morgantown Historic District, listed in 1996.[1]
References
- ^ 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.
- ^ Randall S. Gooden (January 1985). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Monongalia County Courthouse". State of West Virginia, West Virginia Division of Culture and History, Historic Preservation. http://www.wvculture.org/shpo/nr/pdf/monongalia/85001525.pdf. Retrieved 2011-08-18.
External links
U.S. National Register of Historic Places in West Virginia Lists by county Barbour • Berkeley • Boone • Braxton • Brooke • Cabell • Calhoun • Clay • Doddridge • Fayette • Gilmer • Grant • Greenbrier • Hampshire • Hancock • Hardy • Harrison • Jackson • Jefferson • Kanawha • Lewis • Lincoln • Logan • Marion • Marshall • Mason • McDowell • Mercer • Mineral • Mingo • Monongalia • Monroe • Morgan • Nicholas • Ohio • Pendleton • Pleasants • Pocahontas • Preston • Putnam • Raleigh • Randolph • Ritchie • Roane • Summers • Taylor • Tucker • Tyler • Upshur • Wayne • Webster • Wetzel • Wirt • Wood • Wyoming
Other lists Keeper of the Register • History of the National Register of Historic Places • Property types • Historic district • Contributing property Categories:- Courthouses on the National Register of Historic Places in West Virginia
- Italianate architecture in West Virginia
- Romanesque Revival architecture in West Virginia
- Buildings and structures completed in 1881
- Buildings and structures in Monongalia County, West Virginia
- Morgantown, West Virginia
- West Virginia Registered Historic Place stubs
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