Mineral County Courthouse (Keyser, West Virginia)
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Mineral County Courthouse
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Mineral County Courthouse, September 2012
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| Location | 150 Armstrong St., Keyser, West Virginia |
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| Coordinates | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. |
| Area | less than one acre |
| Built | 1868 |
| Architectural style | Romanesque Revival |
| MPS | County Courthouses of West Virginia MPS |
| NRHP Reference # | 05001005[1] |
| Added to NRHP | September 7, 2005 |
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.[2]
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2005.[1]
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- Courthouses on the National Register of Historic Places in West Virginia
- Government buildings completed in 1868
- Romanesque Revival architecture in West Virginia
- Buildings and structures in Mineral County, West Virginia
- National Register of Historic Places in Mineral County, West Virginia
- 1868 establishments in West Virginia
- West Virginia Registered Historic Place stubs
