Jacobs-Hutchinson Block Explained

Jacobs-Hutchinson Block
Location:201--209 Adams St., Fairmont, West Virginia
Coordinates:39.4846°N -80.1438°W
Built:1902
Builder:Holbert & Spedden
Architect:A. C. Lyons
Architecture:Renaissance
Added:July 21, 1995
Area:less than one acre
Refnum:95000874

Jacobs-Hutchinson Block, also known as Peoples' National Bank and Friendly Furniture Store, is a historic commercial building located at Fairmont, Marion County, West Virginia. It was built in 1902, and is a five-story commercial structure with a basement and a flat roof in the Renaissance Revival style. It is a steel column and beam structure, sheathed with pressed brick, blue stone, and terra cotta. It rests on a stone foundation. It measures 92 feet by 80 feet deep and 84 feet high. The building has housed department stores, a bank, a furniture store, and law offices.[1]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1995.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Jacobs-Hutchinson Block. March 1995. 2011-08-05 . Debra B. McMillan. State of West Virginia, West Virginia Division of Culture and History, Historic Preservation.