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Jacobs-Hutchinson Block

Coordinates: 39°29′4.6″N 80°8′37.7″W / 39.484611°N 80.143806°W / 39.484611; -80.143806
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Jacobs-Hutchinson Block
Jacobs-Hutchinson Block is located in West Virginia
Jacobs-Hutchinson Block
Jacobs-Hutchinson Block is located in the United States
Jacobs-Hutchinson Block
Location201--209 Adams St., Fairmont, West Virginia
Coordinates39°29′4.6″N 80°8′37.7″W / 39.484611°N 80.143806°W / 39.484611; -80.143806
Arealess than one acre
Built1902
Built byHolbert & Spedden
ArchitectA. C. Lyons
Architectural styleRenaissance
NRHP reference No.95000874[1]
Added to NRHPJuly 21, 1995

Jacobs-Hutchinson Block, also known as Peoples' National Bank and Friendly Furniture Store, is a historic commercial building located at Fairmont, Marion County, West Virginia. It was built in 1902, and is a five-story commercial structure with a basement and a flat roof in the Renaissance Revival style. It is a steel column and beam structure, sheathed with pressed brick, blue stone, and terra cotta. It rests on a stone foundation. It measures 92 feet by 80 feet deep and 84 feet high. The building has housed department stores, a bank, a furniture store, and law offices.[2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1995.[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. ^ Debra B. McMillan (March 1995). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Jacobs-Hutchinson Block" (PDF). State of West Virginia, West Virginia Division of Culture and History, Historic Preservation. Retrieved 2011-08-05.