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New Martinsville Downtown Historic District
New Martinsville Historic District, February 2011
Location: Main, Washington Sts., and Monroe Alley, New Martinsville, West Virginia Coordinates: 39°38′28″N 80°51′16″W / 39.64111°N 80.85444°WCoordinates: 39°38′28″N 80°51′16″W / 39.64111°N 80.85444°W Area: 10.5 acres (4.2 ha) Architect: Multiple Architectural style: Late 19th And 20th Century Revivals, Greek Revival, Late Victorian Governing body: U.S. Postal Service NRHP Reference#: 88000675
[1]Added to NRHP: September 23, 1988 New Martinsville Downtown Historic District is a national historic district located at New Martinsville, Wetzel County, West Virginia. It encompasses 29 contributing buildings and one contributing site that include the civic and commercial core of New Martinsville. Most of the buildings in the district are two and three story masonry commercial structures dating to the late-19th and early-20th century in popular architectural styles, such as Italianate, Romanesque Revival, and Colonial Revival. Notable buildings include the New Martinsville City Building (1895), The McCaskey Building (1898), Winer's Department Store (1908), McCrory's (c. 1905), The Masonic Temple (1913), Theater/Palmer's Drug Store (1911), Lincoln Theatre (1920), United States Post Office (1931), Wetzel County Sheriff's residence (1897-1901), and Wetzel County Courthouse (1902).[2]
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1988.[1]
References
- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. 2009-03-13. http://nrhp.focus.nps.gov/natreg/docs/All_Data.html.
- ^ Michael J. Pauley and Michael Gioulis (November 1987). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: New Martinsville Downtown Historic District". State of West Virginia, West Virginia Division of Culture and History, Historic Preservation. http://www.wvculture.org/shpo/nr/pdf/wetzel/88000675.pdf. Retrieved 2011-07-09.
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Other lists Categories:- Historic districts in West Virginia
- National Register of Historic Places in West Virginia
- Greek Revival architecture in West Virginia
- Buildings and structures in Wetzel County, West Virginia
- West Virginia Registered Historic Place stubs
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