Stewart Hall (Morgantown, West Virginia) Explained

Stewart Hall
Location:West Virginia University campus, Morgantown, West Virginia
Coordinates:39.6342°N -79.9544°W
Built:1900-1902
Architect:Wilson Bros. & Co.
Builder:Caldwell & Drake
Architecture:Romanesque
Added:June 25, 1980
Refnum:80004034

Stewart Hall is a historic library and administration building associated with the West Virginia University and located at Morgantown, Monongalia County, West Virginia. It was built between 1900 and 1902, and consists of a gabled central block, a -story gabled entrance pavilion, and a monumental octagonal tower. It is built of reinforced concrete and coursed Amherst sandstone blocks and is in the Romanesque Revival style. The interior features a two-story, arcaded rotunda. It housed the university library until 1931, when it became the Administration Building. It was renamed in the 1970s in honor of Irvin Stewart, president of the university from 1946 to 1958.[1]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Stewart Hall. March 1980. 2011-08-18 . Rodney S. Collins. State of West Virginia, West Virginia Division of Culture and History, Historic Preservation.