Pocahontas County Courthouse and Jail explained

Pocahontas County Courthouse and Jail
Coordinates:38.2178°N -80.0883°W
Built:1894
Architect:M.F. Giesey
Builder:Manley Manufacturing Company
Added:July 15, 1994
Refnum:94000724

Pocahontas County Courthouse and Jail is a historic courthouse and jail located at Marlinton, Pocahontas County, West Virginia. The courthouse was built in 1894, and is a 2 1/2-story, brick, Victorian Romanesque building with a stone raised basement level. It has irregular massing with a central block that has a steep hip roof. The front elevation features two towers, one at each corner. A courthouse annex building was added in 1976. The jail is a two-story brick building in simple Romanesque Style. It was built at the same time as the courthouse as the jailer's residence. A brick two-story shallow hip roofed ell was added in 1926, to house the jail.[1]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1994.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Pocahontas County Courthouse and Jail. March 1994. 2011-09-01 . Michael Gioulis. State of West Virginia, West Virginia Division of Culture and History, Historic Preservation.