Fayette County Courthouse (West Virginia)

Fayette County Courthouse
Location: Court St. between Wiseman and Maple Aves., Fayetteville, West Virginia
Area: 2 acres (0.81 ha)
Built: 1894
Architect: Franzheim, Edward Bates; Giesey, Millard F.
Architectural style: Romanesque
Governing body: Local
NRHP Reference#: 78002793[1]
Added to NRHP: September 6, 1978

Fayette County Courthouse is a historic courthouse located at Fayetteville, Fayette County, West Virginia. It was built in 1894-1895, and is a 2 1/2 story, five bay wide, rectangular building with projecting wings. The basement level is built of sanstone and faced in ashlar. Above that, the walls are of brick. It features a square tower with pyramidal roof.[2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1978.[1]

References

  1. ^ 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. 
  2. ^ James E. Harding (November 1977). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Fayette County Courthouse". State of West Virginia, West Virginia Division of Culture and History, Historic Preservation. http://www.wvculture.org/shpo/nr/pdf/fayette/78002793.pdf. Retrieved 2011-07-27.