Grant County Courthouse (West Virginia)

Grant County Courthouse
Location: Virginia Ave., Petersburg, West Virginia
Area: 0.5 acres (0.20 ha)
Built: 1878
Architect: Sansbury, George F.
Architectural style: Colonial Revival, Classical Revival, Neo-Colonial
Governing body: Local
MPS: South Branch Valley MRA (AD)
NRHP Reference#:

79003306

[1]
Added to NRHP: October 26, 1979

Grant County Courthouse, also known as the Old Grant County Courthouse, is a historic county courthouse located at Petersburg, Grant County, West Virginia. The original section was built in 1878-1879 and expanded in 1909. It is composed of three, two story, brick rectangles consisting of a large center section with lower and narrower wings. The building is styled with Neo-Colonial design features. The center section features a two story projecting portico with pediment and supported by four Corinthian order fluted columns.[2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1979.[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 (July 1979). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Grant County Courthouse". State of West Virginia, West Virginia Division of Culture and History, Historic Preservation. http://www.wvculture.org/shpo/nr/pdf/grant/86000776.pdf. Retrieved 2011-06-20.