Municipal Building, also known as Old Bluefield Municipal Building, is a historic municipal building located at Bluefield, Mercer County, West Virginia. 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]
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| 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 |
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
edit- ^ a b "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 2011-08-18.
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