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Women's Christian Temperance Union Community Building

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Built
  
1922

Opened
  
1922

Added to NRHP
  
30 October 1985

NRHP Reference #
  
85003406

Area
  
1,200 m²

Women's Christian Temperance Union Community Building

Location
  
160 Fayette St., Morgantown, West Virginia

Architectural styles
  
Neoclassical architecture, Colonial Revival architecture

Similar
  
Metropolitan Theatre, Cheat Lake, West Virginia University, Monongalia Arts Center, Dorsey Knob

Women's Christian Temperance Union Community Building, also known as the WCTU Building, is a historic building at 160 Fayette Street in Morgantown, Monongalia County, West Virginia. It was built in 1922 by the Woman's Christian Temperance Union, and is a detached, brick, four-story plus basement structure in the Classical Revival style. It features a smooth-cut stone cornice topped by a balustrade. The interior has a two-level basement that houses a large gymnasium. The building also houses office space, meeting rooms, private apartments, and recreational facilities.

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1985. It is located in the Downtown Morgantown Historic District, listed in 1996.

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Women's Christian Temperance Union Community Building Wikipedia