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Fairmont Downtown Historic District

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NRHP Reference #
  
95001008

Added to NRHP
  
15 August 1995

Area
  
29 ha

Fairmont Downtown Historic District

Location
  
Along Jackson, Adams, Washington and Quincy Sts. and Cleveland and Fairmont Aves., Fairmont, West Virginia

Architect
  
Badgley, Charles G.; Lyons, A. C.

Architectural style
  
Late 19th And Early 20th Century American Movements, Late 19th And 20th Century Revivals

Fairmont Downtown Historic District is a national historic district located at Fairmont, Marion County, West Virginia. The district includes 97 contributing buildings and two contributing structures in Fairmont's central business district. They are in a variety of late 19th- and early 20th-century architectural styles. Notable buildings include the Watson Building (1909-1911), U.S. Court House and Post Office (1940), Monongahela Valley Traction Freight House (1927), the Jacobs and Hutchinson complex, and the Library (1914). The Marion County Courthouse and Sheriff's House and Robert H. Mollohan-Jefferson Street Bridge are located in the district and listed separately on the National Register of Historic Places.

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1995.

References

Fairmont Downtown Historic District Wikipedia