National Register of Historic Places - West Virginia (WV), Marshall County

Marshall County West Virginia has 10 places on the National Register of Historic Places including 2 places of National significance and 2 places of Statewide significance. Significant places include Grave Creek Mound, West Virginia State Penitentiary, Cameron City Pool--PWA Project 1196 and McMechen Lockmaster Houses on the Ohio River and Cameron Downtown.

Prehistoric cultural affiliation(s) include Adena dating back to 999 BC.

Several famous people are associated with these Marshall County historic places including Bushrod Washington Price and J. Howard Holt.

Some of the country's most noteable architects helped create the Marshall County places including Frank Hunter, William H. Batson and Carl Hamilton. Prominent architectural styles found in Marshall Country are Classical Revival, Colonial Revival and Early Republic.

Cameron City Pool--PWA Project 1196 (added 1993 - - #93000612)

Park St. , Cameron

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Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering, Event

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Hunter, Frank

Area of Significance:

Entertainment/Recreation, Politics/Government, Engineering

Period of Significance:

1925-1949

Owner:

Local

Historic Function:

Recreation And Culture

Historic Sub-function:

Sport Facility

Current Function:

Recreation And Culture

Current Sub-function:

Sport Facility

More Information:

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Cameron Downtown (added 1998 - - #98001473)

Roughly Bounded by Church St., Waynesburg Ave., Main St., and Park St. , Cameron

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Historic Significance:

Event, Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Hamilton, Carl

Architectural Style:

Colonial Revival, Classical Revival

Area of Significance:

Commerce, Community Planning And Development, Architecture

Period of Significance:

1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Commerce/Trade, Domestic, Religion, Social

Historic Sub-function:

Business, Department Store, Financial Institution, Hotel, Meeting Hall, Religious Structure

Current Function:

Commerce/Trade, Domestic, Religion, Social

Current Sub-function:

Business, Department Store, Financial Institution, Hotel, Meeting Hall, Religious Structure

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Cockayne, Bennett, House (added 2002 - - #02001521)

Also known as Samuel Cockayne House

1111 Wheeling Ave. , Glen Dale

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Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering

Architectural Style:

Other

Area of Significance:

Architecture

Period of Significance:

1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1850-1874

Owner:

Local

Historic Function:

Domestic

Historic Sub-function:

Single Dwelling

Current Function:

Vacant/Not In Use

More Information:

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Ferrell-Holt House (added 1987 - - #86003678)

Also known as Kirkside

609 Jefferson Ave. , Moundsville

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Historic Significance:

Person, Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Unknown

Architectural Style:

Italianate

Historic Person:

Holt,J. Howard

Significant Year:

1877

Area of Significance:

Architecture, Social History

Period of Significance:

1875-1899

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Domestic

Historic Sub-function:

Single Dwelling

Current Function:

Vacant/Not In Use

More Information:

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Grave Creek Mound (added 1966 - - #66000751)

Off SR 2 , Moundsville

TimK MSI, CC BY 2.5, via Wikimedia Commons

Historic Significance:

Information Potential

Area of Significance:

Prehistoric

Cultural Affiliation:

Adena

Period of Significance:

500-999 BC, 499-0 BC

Owner:

State

Historic Function:

Funerary

Historic Sub-function:

Graves/Burials

Current Function:

Landscape, Recreation And Culture

Current Sub-function:

Museum, Park

More Information:

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McMechen Lockmaster Houses on the Ohio River (added 1992 - - #92001485)

Also known as Ohio River Lock & Dam # 13

623--625 Grant St. , McMechen

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Historic Significance:

Event

Area of Significance:

Transportation, Maritime History

Period of Significance:

1925-1949, 1900-1924

Owner:

Local

Historic Function:

Domestic, Transportation

Historic Sub-function:

Single Dwelling, Water-Related

Current Function:

Domestic

Current Sub-function:

Single Dwelling

More Information:

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Moundsville Commercial Historic District (added 1995 - - #95000252)

Also known as See Also:Ferrell--Holt House (Kirkside)

Roughly, Jefferson Ave. from Second to Seventh Sts., Seventh from Jefferson to Lafayette Ave. and Lafayette S of Seventh, Moundsville

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Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering, Event

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Batson, William H.

Architectural Style:

Late Victorian, Early Republic, Mid 19th Century Revival

Area of Significance:

Commerce, Architecture

Period of Significance:

1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1850-1874, 1825-1849

Owner:

Federal, Private, Local

Historic Function:

Commerce/Trade, Government, Religion

Historic Sub-function:

Business, Courthouse, Post Office, Professional, Restaurant, Specialty Store, Warehouse

Current Function:

Commerce/Trade, Government, Religion

Current Sub-function:

Business, Courthouse, Post Office, Professional, Restaurant, Specialty Store, Warehouse

More Information:

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Price, Bushrod Washington, House (added 1995 - - #95001326)

Also known as Price-Burley House

1803 Virginia St. , Moundsville

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Historic Significance:

Person, Architecture/Engineering

Architectural Style:

Other

Historic Person:

Price, Bushrod Washington

Area of Significance:

Politics/Government, Architecture

Period of Significance:

1850-1874, 1825-1849

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Domestic

Historic Sub-function:

Single Dwelling

Current Function:

Domestic

Current Sub-function:

Single Dwelling

More Information:

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Spencer Cemetery (added 2012 - - #12001051)

668 Burley Hill Rd., Cameron

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Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering

Area of Significance:

Art

Period of Significance:

1900-1924

More Information:

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West Virginia State Penitentiary (added 1996 - - #96000987)

818 Jefferson Ave. , Moundsville

TimK MSI, CC BY 2.5, via Wikimedia Commons

Historic Significance:

Event, Architecture/Engineering

Architectural Style:

Gothic Revival

Area of Significance:

Architecture, Politics/Government

Period of Significance:

1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1850-1874

Owner:

State

Historic Function:

Government

Historic Sub-function:

Correctional Facility

Current Function:

Government

Current Sub-function:

Correctional Facility

More Information:

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