Mineral County Courthouse | |
Location: | 150 Armstrong St., Keyser, West Virginia |
Coordinates: | 39.44°N -78.9732°W |
Map Label: | Mineral County Courthouse |
Built: | 1868 |
Architect: | C.G. Sims (original) Edward B. Franzheim, Millard F. Geisey (1894 addition) J. Paul Blundon (1938&41 additions) |
Builder: | I.B. Walton (original) E.J. Fredlock (1894 addition) J. Paul Blundon (1938&41 additions) |
Architecture: | Romanesque Revival |
Added: | September 7, 2005 |
Area: | less than one acre |
Mpsub: | County Courthouses of West Virginia MPS |
Refnum: | 05001005 |
Mineral County Courthouse is a historic courthouse located at Keyser, Mineral County, West Virginia. It was built in 1868 and expanded or remodeled in 1894 and 1938–1941. The original section of the courthouse is a 2 1/2 story, brick building. The 1894 modifications are in the Romanesque Revival style. It is a three-story section constructed of brick and rusticated stone, with a low-pitched hipped roof. It features a centered tower topped with a pyramidal roof. The side and rear, two-story additions were constructed in 1938 and 1941 to provide additional county office space. U.S. Senator and vice presidential candidate Henry G. Davis donated land for the courthouse square.[1]
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2005.