Monongalia County Courthouse

Monongalia County Courthouse
Monongalia County Courthouse
Monongalia County Courthouse is located in West Virginia
Location: 243 High St., 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: 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

  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. ^ 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. 

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