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Friendly City Building and Jail

Coordinates: 39°30′53″N 81°3′37″W / 39.51472°N 81.06028°W / 39.51472; -81.06028
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Friendly City Building and Jail
View from WV 2
Friendly City Building and Jail is located in West Virginia
Friendly City Building and Jail
Friendly City Building and Jail is located in the United States
Friendly City Building and Jail
LocationWV 2, Orchard St., Friendly, West Virginia
Coordinates39°30′53″N 81°3′37″W / 39.51472°N 81.06028°W / 39.51472; -81.06028
Arealess than one acre
Built1901
NRHP reference No.99001404 [1]
Added to NRHPNovember 22, 1999

Friendly City Building and Jail is a historic town hall and jail located at Friendly, Tyler County, West Virginia. It was built in 1901, and is a small, one story frame building. It has a gable roof and sits on a stone foundation. It has two rooms, the meeting room and jail cell. It continues to be used by the town as a meeting place for monthly town board meetings.[2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1999.[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
  2. ^ Katherine M. Jourdan and Arnold Jones (June 1999). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Friendly City Building and Jail" (PDF). State of West Virginia, West Virginia Division of Culture and History, Historic Preservation. Retrieved 2011-07-09.