From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Wood County Courthouse (West Virginia)
Wood County Courthouse (West Virginia)
Wood County Courthouse Area: 1.3 acres (0.53 ha)
U.S. National Register of Historic Places Built: 1899
Architect: L. W. Thomas
Architectural style: Romanesque Revival
Governing body: Local
NRHP Reference#: 79002606[1]
Added to NRHP: August 29, 1979
The Wood County Courthouse is a Neo-Romanesque
building in Parkersburg, West Virginia, in the United
States. The courthouse was built in 1899 by local contrac-
tors Caldwell & Drake, according to the plans of architect
L. W. Thomas of Canton, Ohio, replacing an earlier court-
house.[2] It was added to the National Register of Historic
Places in 1979 for its architectural significance.[1]
See also
• National Register of Historic Places listings in Wood
County, West Virginia
The Wood County Courthouse in 2006
References
[1] ^ "National Register Information System". National
Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
2010-07-09. http://nrhp.focus.nps.gov/natreg/
docs/All_Data.html.
[2] Gary J. Tucker (March 1978). "National Register of
Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Wood
County Courthouse". State of West Virginia, West
Virginia Division of Culture and History, Historic
Preservation. http://www.wvculture.org/shpo/nr/
pdf/wood/79002606.pdf. Retrieved 2011-09-15.
External links
• Old Wood County Courthouse, Parkersburg, Wood,
Location: Court Sq. at 3rd and Market St., WV: 7 photos, 4 data pages, and 1 photo caption page
Parkersburg, West Virginia at Historic American Building Survey
Coordinates: 39°15′53″N 81°33′46″W / 39.26472°N
81.56278°W / 39.26472;
-81.56278Coordinates: 39°15′53″N
81°33′46″W / 39.26472°N 81.56278°W /
39.26472; -81.56278
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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Wood County Courthouse (West Virginia)
Categories:
• Courthouses on the National Register of Historic Places in West Virginia
• Government buildings completed in 1899
• County courthouses in West Virginia
• Parkersburg, West Virginia
• Romanesque Revival architecture in West Virginia
• Buildings and structures in Wood County, West Virginia
• West Virginia Registered Historic Place stubs
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