Municipal Building (Bluefield, West Virginia)

Municipal Building
Location 514 Bland St., Bluefield, West Virginia
Coordinates 37°16′4″N 81°13′22″W / 37.26778°N 81.22278°W / 37.26778; -81.22278Coordinates: 37°16′4″N 81°13′22″W / 37.26778°N 81.22278°W / 37.26778; -81.22278
Area 0.5 acres (0.20 ha)
Built 1924
Architect Wilbur T. Mills; Garry & Sheffey
Architectural style Classical Revival
NRHP Reference # 79002591[1]
Added to NRHP May 29, 1979

Municipal Building, also known as Old Bluefield Municipal Building, is a historic municipal building located at Bluefield, Mercer County, West Virginia. It was built in 1924, and is a two- to three-story, steel and reinforced concrete Classical Revival-style building. It features a three-story high pedimented central pavilion with four engaged Ionic order columns. In 1977, the city government of Bluefield moved to its new building.[2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1979. It is located in the Bluefield Downtown Commercial Historic District, established in 1987.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 National Park Service (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. Rodney S. Collins (January 1979). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Municipal Building" (PDF). State of West Virginia, West Virginia Division of Culture and History, Historic Preservation. Retrieved 2011-08-18.


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