Kanawha County Courthouse

Coordinates: 38°21′3″N 81°38′22″W / 38.35083°N 81.63944°W

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia


Kanawha County Courthouse
U.S. National Register of Historic Places

Kanawha County Courthouse, April 2009
Show map of West Virginia Show map of the United States
Interactive map showing the location for Kanawha County Courthouse
Location	Virginia and Court Sts., Charleston, West Virginia
Coordinates	38°21′3″N 81°38′22″W / 38.35083°N 81.63944°W / 38.35083; -81.63944
Built	1892
Architect	Shieff & Highnam; Warne, Tucker & Patteson
Architectural style	Renaissance Revival, Richardsonian Romanesque
NRHP reference No.	78002801^[1]
Added to NRHP	September 06, 1978

Kanawha County Courthouse is a historic courthouse located at Charleston, West Virginia. It is located across from the Charleston City Hall, and is a block-long structure constructed in 1892 of rock-face masonry.

It is noteworthy for its picturesque massing and precise Richardsonian Romanesque design.

Additions were made to the original building in 1917 and 1924. The twin-towered Virginia Street elevation is the glory of the Kanawha County Courthouse. Roofs of each tower are pyramidal with chamfered corners. The belfry openings are arched and flanked with smooth grey limestone masonry colonnettes.^[2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1978.^[1]

References

^ ^a ^b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
^ "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form" (PDF). Kanawha County Courthouse. State of West Virginia, West Virginia Division of Culture and History, Historic Preservation. 2009-04-04.

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Kanawha County Courthouse.

v t e U.S. National Register of Historic Places in West Virginia
Topics	Contributing property Keeper of the Register Historic district History of the National Register of Historic Places National Park Service Property types
Lists by county	Barbour Berkeley Boone Braxton Brooke Cabell Calhoun Clay Doddridge Fayette Gilmer Grant Greenbrier Hampshire Hancock Hardy Harrison Jackson Jefferson Kanawha Lewis Lincoln Logan Marion Marshall Mason McDowell Mercer Mineral Mingo Monongalia Monroe Morgan Nicholas Ohio Pendleton Pleasants Pocahontas Preston Putnam Raleigh Randolph Ritchie Roane Summers Taylor Tucker Tyler Upshur Wayne Webster Wetzel Wirt Wood Wyoming
Other lists	Bridges National Historic Landmarks
Category:National Register of Historic Places in West Virginia Portal:National Register of Historic Places

This article about a property in Kanawha County, West Virginia on the National Register of Historic Places is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.

Categories:

Hidden categories: