Salem College Administration Building | |
Location: | 223 W. Main St., Salem, West Virginia, U.S. |
Coordinates: | 39.2836°N -80.5672°W |
Built: | 1909 |
Demolished: | 2023 |
Builder: | Short & Hartley |
Architect: | Holmboe & Lafferty |
Architecture: | Late Gothic Revival |
Added: | March 30, 1989 |
Refnum: | 89000184 |
Salem College Administration Building was a historic school administration building located on the campus of Salem University in Salem, West Virginia. Designed by Ernest C. S. Holmboe of Holmboe & Lafferty the most prominent architectural firm in the Clarksburg region at the time.
It was built in 1909–1910, and was a 2.5-story, stone and brick building with a truncated hipped roof and full basement in the Collegiate Gothic style. It consisted of an imposing central tower flanked by two symmetrical wings. The wings featured large, two-story, parapet-gabled wall dormers. The roof was topped by small, hipped roof cupola.[1]
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1989.
The building was demolished in September 2023. Salem University announced plans to replace it with a park and alumni garden. The remainder of the space would be used for future development.[2]