St. George Academy (West Virginia)

St. George Academy
Location Cty. Rd. 1, St. George, West Virginia
Coordinates 39°9′49″N 79°41′57″W / 39.16361°N 79.69917°WCoordinates: 39°9′49″N 79°41′57″W / 39.16361°N 79.69917°W
Area less than one acre
Built 1885
Architect Dumire, Daniel L.,
Governing body Local
NRHP Reference #

01001333

[1]
Added to NRHP November 29, 2001

St. George Academy is a historic school building located at St. George, Tucker County, West Virginia. It was built in 1885-1886, and is a two story clapboard building with a projecting bay. It features a square tower with a peaked vent on each side and topped by a pyramidal roof with a spiked finial. In 1975-76, a new school was erected behind the old academy structure, and in 1982, the old school building was condemned by the state fire marshal and ordered to be razed or removed. It was moved to its present site in 1985 by the local historical society, and houses a local history museum.[2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2001.[1]

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. 2009-03-13.
  2. ↑ Katherine Jourdan (August 2001). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: St. George Academy". State of West Virginia, West Virginia Division of Culture and History, Historic Preservation. Retrieved 2011-07-09.