L.W. Thomas Explained

Lewis W. Thomas was an architect in Canton, Ohio. His work included the Wood County Courthouse in Parkersburg, West Virginia. He designed the Wood County Courthouse (1899), a Romanesque Revival structure added to the National Register of Historic Places on August 29, 1979.

Thomas was part of the Richardson & Thomas firm before establishing his own practice and worked out of Cleveland's Bangor Building.

The Woods County Courthouse is a Neo-Romanesque building in Parkersburg, West Virginia. It was built by contractor Caldwell & Drake and replaced an earlier courthouse building.^[1] It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1979 for its architectural significance.

He worked in the George D. Harter Bank Building.^[2]

Projects

• Wood County Courthouse, including a 100' tower^{[3] [4]}
• American Stove Company foundry building^[5]
• brick auditorium and market house for City of Canton^[5]
• Cleveland Foundry company factory building on Platt Street in Cleveland^[5]
• Miles Theatre (1913) in Cleveland (demolished)^[6]

Thomas prepared plans for a $100,000 Canton, Ohio, courthouse.^[7]

Notes and References

1. Book: Historic West Virginia: The National Register of Historic Places . 2000 . West Virginia Division of Culture and History: State Historic Preservation Office . Charleston, West Virginia.
2. https://books.google.com/books?id=THURAAAAIAAJ&dq=L.+W.+Thomas+Ohio+architect&pg=RA1-PA120 Minutes of the East Ohio Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church
3. http://www.parkgaz.com/HistoricImageDtl.php?cat_id=12 Wood County Courthouse history
4. http://www.waymarking.com/waymarks/WM22AH_Wood_County_Courthouse_Parkersburg_West_Virginia Waymarking: Wood County COurthouse
5. https://books.google.com/books?id=PHooAAAAYAAJ&dq=L.W.+Thomas+architect&pg=RA3-PA48
6. http://planning.city.cleveland.oh.us/landmark/arch/pdf/archdetailPrint.php?afil=312&archID=251 Cleveland Landmarks Commission
7. https://books.google.com/books?id=ODEAAAAAMAAJ&dq=L.+W.+Thomas+Ohio+architect&pg=PA514 Stone; an illustrated magazine, Volume 14