Pocahontas County Courthouse and Jail

Pocahontas County Courthouse and Jail is a historic courthouse and jail located at Marlinton, Pocahontas County, West Virginia. The courthouse was built in 1894, and is a 2 1/2-story, brick, Victorian Romanesque building with a stone raised basement level. It has irregular massing with a central block that has a steep hip roof. The front elevation features two towers, one at each corner. A courthouse annex building was added in 1976. The jail is a two-story brick building in simple Romanesque Style. It was built at the same time as the courthouse as the jailer's residence. A brick two-story shallow hip roofed ell was added in 1926, to house the jail.[2]

Pocahontas County Courthouse and Jail
Rear of the courthouse
Location900C Tenth Ave., Marlinton, West Virginia
Coordinates38°13′4″N 80°5′18″W
Area1.7 acres (0.69 ha)
Built1894
Built byManley Manufacturing Company
ArchitectM.F. Giesey
Architectural styleRomanesque
NRHP reference No.94000724[1]
Added to NRHPJuly 15, 1994

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1994.[1]

References
  1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. Michael Gioulis (March 1994). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Pocahontas County Courthouse and Jail" (PDF). State of West Virginia, West Virginia Division of Culture and History, Historic Preservation. Retrieved 2011-09-01.


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