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Clarksburg Downtown Historic District

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NRHP Reference #
  
82004794

Year built
  
1800

Area
  
31 ha

Added to NRHP
  
12 April 1982

Clarksburg Downtown Historic District

Location
  
Roughly bounded by Elk, Creek, 7th, and Main Sts., Clarksburg, West Virginia

Architectural style
  
Renaissance, Italianate

Clarksburg Downtown Historic District is a national historic district located at Clarksburg, Harrison County, West Virginia. The district encompasses 119 contributing buildings in 16 blocks of the central business district of Clarksburg. It includes an extraordinary variety of architectural types and styles including Renaissance Revival and Italianate. Notable buildings include the Goff Building (1911), Municipal Building (1888), the Waldo Hotel (1901–1904), Robinson Grand (1912, 1940), Harrison County Courthouse (1931-1932), U.S. Post Office (1932), Masonic Temple (1911–1914), Merchant's National Bank (1894), First United Presbyterian Church (1894), and First Methodist Church (1909, 1956). Located in the district and separately listed are Waldomore and the Stealey-Goff-Vance House. The Nathan Goff, Jr. House was delisted in 1994.

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982.

References

Clarksburg Downtown Historic District Wikipedia