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L.W. Thomas

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Wood County Courthouse

Lewis W. Thomas was an architect in Canton, Ohio. His work included the Wood County Courthouse in Parkersburg, West Virginia. He designed the Wood County Courthouse (1899), a Romanesque Revival structure added to the National Register of Historic Places on August 29, 1979.[1]

Thomas was part of the Richardson & Thomas firm before establishing his own practice and worked out of Cleveland's Bangor Building.[2]

The Woods County Courthouse is a Neo-Romanesque building in Parkersburg, West Virginia. It was built by contractor Caldwell & Drake and replaced an earlier courthouse building.[3] It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1979 for its architectural significance.[1]

He worked in the George D. Harter Bank Building.[4]

Projects

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  • Wood County Courthouse, including a 100' tower[5][6]
  • American Stove Company foundry building[2]
  • brick auditorium and market house for City of Canton[2]
  • Cleveland Foundry company factory building on Platt Street in Cleveland[2]
  • Miles Theatre (1913) in Cleveland (demolished)[7]

Thomas prepared plans for a $100,000 Canton, Ohio, courthouse.[8]

References

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  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. ^ a b c d [1] Ohio Architect and Builder, Volume 3
  3. ^ Historic West Virginia: The National Register of Historic Places. Charleston, West Virginia: West Virginia Division of Culture and History: State Historic Preservation Office. 2000.
  4. ^ Minutes of the East Ohio Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church By Methodist Episcopal Church page 120
  5. ^ Wood County Courthouse history
  6. ^ Waymarking: Wood County COurthouse
  7. ^ Cleveland Landmarks Commission
  8. ^ Stone; an illustrated magazine, Volume 14