Wilson School (Mannington, West Virginia)
Appearance
Wilson School | |
Location | 917 E. Main St., Mannington, West Virginia |
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Coordinates | 39°31′32″N 80°20′5″W / 39.52556°N 80.33472°W |
Area | less than one acre |
Built | 1912 |
Architectural style | Collegiate Gothic |
NRHP reference No. | 01001331[1] |
Added to NRHP | November 29, 2001 |
Wilson School is a historic school building located at Mannington in Marion County, West Virginia, United States. It was built in 1912, and is a two-story, rectangular brick building with a raised basement. The symmetrical building has a flat roof and crenellated parapet with Collegiate Gothic detailing. The school closed in 1979, and is now occupied by the West Augusta Historical Society Museum. Other museum-related attractions on the property are the Price Log House (c. 1850) and a B&O Railroad Caboose (1912).[2]
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2001.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ Alan Rowe and Norma Wilcox (June 2001). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Wilson School" (PDF). State of West Virginia, West Virginia Division of Culture and History, Historic Preservation. Retrieved 2011-08-05.
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Categories:
- Collegiate Gothic architecture in West Virginia
- Defunct schools in West Virginia
- Educational institutions disestablished in 1979
- Former school buildings in the United States
- History museums in West Virginia
- Museums in Marion County, West Virginia
- Educational institutions established in 1912
- Schools in Marion County, West Virginia
- School buildings on the National Register of Historic Places in West Virginia
- National Register of Historic Places in Marion County, West Virginia
- U.S. Route 250
- 1912 establishments in West Virginia
- Museums on the National Register of Historic Places in West Virginia
- Mountaineer Country Registered Historic Place stubs
- Southern United States museum stubs
- West Virginia building and structure stubs