Wood County Courthouse (West Virginia)
Wood County Courthouse | |
 The Wood County Courthouse in 2006 | |
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| Location | Court Sq. at 3rd and Market St., Parkersburg, West Virginia |
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| Coordinates | 39°15′53″N 81°33′46″W / 39.26472°N 81.56278°W |
| Area | 1.3 acres (0.53 ha) |
| Built | 1899 |
| Built by | Caldwell & Drake |
| Architect | L. W. Thomas |
| Architectural style | Romanesque Revival |
| NRHP reference No. | 79002606[1] |
| Added to NRHP | August 29, 1979 |
The Wood County Courthouse is a public building in downtown Parkersburg, West Virginia, in the United States.[2] The courthouse was built in 1899 at a cost of $100,000 in the Richardsonian Romanesque style by local contractors Caldwell & Drake, according to the plans of architect L. W. Thomas of Canton, Ohio.[3] The current courthouse is the fifth to be built in the county replacing one built in 1860. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1979 for its architectural significance.[1] During his 1912 presidential campaign Theodore Roosevelt stopped in Parkersburg and spoke from the Market street entrance of the courthouse. On 2 July 2020 a new steeple was added to the bell tower replacing one that had been removed in 1952. With the new steeple the courthouse is now the tallest in the state at 164 ft.[4]
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See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ "History, Wood County Courthouse". Wood County Courthouse. Retrieved 2 July 2020.
- ^ Gary J. Tucker (March 1978). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Wood County Courthouse" (PDF). State of West Virginia, West Virginia Division of Culture and History, Historic Preservation. Retrieved 2011-09-15.
- ^ Dunlap, Brett. "New Wood County Courthouse steeple put in place". The Parkersburg News & Sentinel. Retrieved 2 July 2020.
External links
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Media related to Wood County Courthouse (West Virginia) at Wikimedia Commons
- Historic American Buildings Survey (HABS) No. WV-52, "Old Wood County Courthouse, Parkersburg, Wood County, WV", 7 photos, 4 data pages, 1 photo caption page
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- Courthouses on the National Register of Historic Places in West Virginia
- Government buildings completed in 1899
- County courthouses in West Virginia
- Buildings and structures in Parkersburg, West Virginia
- Romanesque Revival architecture in West Virginia
- Historic American Buildings Survey in West Virginia
- National Register of Historic Places in Wood County, West Virginia
- 1899 establishments in West Virginia
- Mid-Ohio Valley, West Virginia Registered Historic Place stubs