Morgan County Courthouse (West Virginia)

Morgan County Courthouse was a historic courthouse building located at Berkeley Springs, Morgan County, West Virginia. It was built in 1907 and was a two-story, three-bay, building constructed of yellow brick with limestone accents in the Neoclassical style. It featured a centered, octagonal clock tower that extended above the second story flat roof and dominated the main elevation. Also on the property were an annex (c. 1920) and former jail (1939).^[2] The courthouse building was damaged by fire in 2006 and was subsequently demolished.^[3]

Morgan County Courthouse
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
View of courthouse looking Northeast
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Location	202 Fairfax St., Berkeley Springs, West Virginia
Coordinates	39°37′44″N 78°13′39″W
Area	less than one acre
Built	1907
Built by	S. A. Westenhaver
Architect	Holmboe & Lafferty
Architectural style	Classical Revival
MPS	County Courthouses of West Virginia MPS
NRHP reference No.	05001004[1]
Added to NRHP	September 7, 2005

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2005.^[1]

References

1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
2. Alan Rowe; Erin Riebe & Barbara E. Rasmussen (June 2003). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Morgan County Courthouse" (PDF). State of West Virginia, West Virginia Division of Culture and History, Historic Preservation. Retrieved 2011-06-02.
3. David L. Taylor (December 2008). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Town of Bath Historic District" (PDF). State of West Virginia, West Virginia Division of Culture and History, Historic Preservation. Retrieved 2011-06-02.