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Pocahontas County Courthouse and Jail
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| Location: | 900C Tenth Ave., Marlinton, West Virginia |
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| Area: | 1.7 acres (0.69 ha) |
| Built: | 1894 |
| Architectural style: | Romanesque |
| Governing body: | Local |
| NRHP Reference#: | 94000724[1] |
| Added to NRHP: | July 15, 1994 |
Pocahontas County Courthouse and Jail is a historic courthouse and jail located at Marlinton, Pocahontas County, West Virginia. The courthouse was built in 1894, and is a 2 1/2-story, brick, Victorian Romanesque building with a stone raised basement level. It has irregular massing with a central block that has a steep hipped roof. The front elevation features two towers, one at each corner. A courthouse annex building was added in 1976. The jail is a two-story brick building in simple Romanesque Style. It was built at the same time as the courthouse as the jailer's residence. A brick two-story shallow hip roofed ell was added in 1926, to house the jail.[2]
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1994.[1]
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