Hopewell Municipal Building

Hopewell Municipal Building

Hopewell Municipal Building, July, 2008
Location 300 Main St., Hopewell, Virginia
Coordinates 37°18′13″N 77°17′17″W / 37.30361°N 77.28806°W / 37.30361; -77.28806Coordinates: 37°18′13″N 77°17′17″W / 37.30361°N 77.28806°W / 37.30361; -77.28806
Area less than one acre
Built 1925 (1925), 1957
Built by Miller Engineering Co.
Architect Bishop, Fred A.
Architectural style Classical Revival
NRHP Reference # 98000451[1]
VLR # 116-5001
Significant dates
Added to NRHP May 8, 1998
Designated VLR December 3, 1997[2]

Hopewell Municipal Building is a historic municipal building located at Hopewell, Virginia. It was built in 1925, and is a three-story, nine bay, rectangular, sandstone brick building in the Classical Revival style. Attached to the main building is a three-story annex built in 1957. The main entrance is a stone framed double door with a five pane transom window and a six foot deep portico with two stone unfluted columns on either side. The building houses city offices and the police department.[3]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1998.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 National Park Service (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. ↑ "Virginia Landmarks Register". Virginia Department of Historic Resources. Retrieved 19 March 2013.
  3. ↑ Jean Olstad McRae (August 1997). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Hopewell Municipal Building" (PDF). Virginia Department of Historic Resources. and Accompanying photo


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