Municipal Building (Bluefield, West Virginia)
Municipal Building | |
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  Location within West Virginia  Location within the United States | |
| Location | 514 Bland St., Bluefield, West Virginia |
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| Coordinates | 37°16′4″N 81°13′22″W / 37.26778°N 81.22278°W |
| Area | 0.5 acres (0.20 ha) |
| Built | 1924 |
| Architect | Wilbur T. Mills; Garry & Sheffey |
| Architectural style | Classical Revival |
| NRHP reference No. | 79002591[1] |
| Added to NRHP | May 29, 1979 |
Municipal Building, also known as Old Bluefield Municipal Building, is a historic municipal building located in Bluefield, West Virginia, United States. It was built in 1924, and is a two- to three-story, steel and reinforced concrete Classical Revival-style building. It features a three-story high pedimented central pavilion with four engaged Ionic order columns. In 1977, the city government of Bluefield moved to its new building.[2]
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1979. It is located in the Bluefield Downtown Commercial Historic District, established in 1987.[1]
References
- 1 2 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ↑ Rodney S. Collins (January 1979). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Municipal Building" (PDF). State of West Virginia, West Virginia Division of Culture and History, Historic Preservation. Retrieved August 18, 2011.
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Categories:
- Buildings and structures in Bluefield, West Virginia
- City halls in West Virginia
- Neoclassical architecture in West Virginia
- Government buildings completed in 1924
- City and town halls on the National Register of Historic Places in West Virginia
- National Register of Historic Places in Mercer County, West Virginia
- Individually listed contributing properties to historic districts on the National Register in West Virginia
- New River Greenbrier Registered Historic Place stubs