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Pocahontas County Courthouse and Jail

Coordinates: 38°13′4″N 80°5′18″W / 38.21778°N 80.08833°W / 38.21778; -80.08833
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Pocahontas County Courthouse and Jail
Rear of the courthouse
Pocahontas County Courthouse and Jail is located in West Virginia
Pocahontas County Courthouse and Jail
Pocahontas County Courthouse and Jail is located in the United States
Pocahontas County Courthouse and Jail
Location900C Tenth Ave., Marlinton, West Virginia
Coordinates38°13′4″N 80°5′18″W / 38.21778°N 80.08833°W / 38.21778; -80.08833
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

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]

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