L.W. Thomas
Lewis W. Thomas was an architect in Canton, Ohio. His work included the Wood County Courthouse in Parkersburg, West Virginia. He designed the Wood County Courthouse (1899), a Romanesque Revival structure added to the National Register of Historic Places on August 29, 1979.[1]
Thomas was part of the Richardson & Thomas firm before establishing his own practice and worked out of Cleveland's Bangor Building.[2]
The Woods County Courthouse is a Neo-Romanesque building in Parkersburg, West Virginia. It was built by contractor Caldwell & Drake and replaced an earlier courthouse building.[3] It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1979 for its architectural significance.[1]
He worked in the George D. Harter Bank Building.[4]
Projects
[edit]- Wood County Courthouse, including a 100' tower[5][6]
- American Stove Company foundry building[2]
- brick auditorium and market house for City of Canton[2]
- Cleveland Foundry company factory building on Platt Street in Cleveland[2]
- Miles Theatre (1913) in Cleveland (demolished)[7]
Thomas prepared plans for a $100,000 Canton, Ohio, courthouse.[8]
References
[edit]- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ a b c d [1] Ohio Architect and Builder, Volume 3
- ^ Historic West Virginia: The National Register of Historic Places. Charleston, West Virginia: West Virginia Division of Culture and History: State Historic Preservation Office. 2000.
- ^ Minutes of the East Ohio Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church By Methodist Episcopal Church page 120
- ^ Wood County Courthouse history
- ^ Waymarking: Wood County COurthouse
- ^ Cleveland Landmarks Commission
- ^ Stone; an illustrated magazine, Volume 14
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