Nicholas County Courthouse | |
Location: | 700 Main St., Summersville, West Virginia |
Coordinates: | 38.2625°N -80.8514°W |
Built: | 1898 |
Architect: | Davis, Frank E. and Henry R., Dean, Levi J. |
Architecture: | Classical Revival, Art Deco |
Added: | August 16, 1991 |
Refnum: | 91001014 |
The Nicholas County Courthouse in Summersville, West Virginia is a Neoclassical Revival building, designed in 1895 and not completed until 1898. The primary building material was locally quarried Lower Gilbert Sandstone. A jail was added in 1910. A further addition was designed by Levi J. Dean in 1940 and executed by the Works Progress Administration. The addition reflects Art Deco influences.[1]