- Municipal Building (Bluefield, West Virginia)
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Municipal Building
Location: 514 Bland St., Bluefield, West Virginia Coordinates: 37°16′4″N 81°13′22″W / 37.26778°N 81.22278°WCoordinates: 37°16′4″N 81°13′22″W / 37.26778°N 81.22278°W Area: 0.5 acres (0.20 ha) Built: 1924 Architectural style: Classical Revival Governing body: Local NRHP Reference#: 79002591[1] Added to NRHP: May 29, 1979 Municipal Building, also known as Old Bluefield Municipal Building, is a historic municipal building located at Bluefield, Mercer County, West Virginia. It was built in 1924, and is a two- to three-story, steel and reinforced concrete Classical Revival-style building. It features a three-story high pedimented central pavilion with four engaged Ionic order columns. In 1977, the city government of Bluefield moved to its new building.[2]
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1979. It is located in the Bluefield Downtown Commercial Historic District, established in 1987.[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.
- ^ Rodney S. Collins (January 1979). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Municipal Building". State of West Virginia, West Virginia Division of Culture and History, Historic Preservation. http://www.wvculture.org/shpo/nr/pdf/mercer/79002591.pdf. Retrieved 2011-08-18.
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:- Government buildings on the National Register of Historic Places in West Virginia
- Classical Revival architecture in West Virginia
- Buildings and structures completed in 1924
- Buildings and structures in Mercer County, West Virginia
- West Virginia Registered Historic Place stubs
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