Gilmer County Poor Farm Infirmary
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Historic building in West Virginia, US
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Gilmer County Poor Farm Infirmary is located in West Virginia Show map of West VirginiaGilmer County Poor Farm Infirmary Gilmer County Poor Farm Infirmary is located in the United States Show map of the United StatesGilmer County Poor Farm Infirmary | |
Location | Off Sycamore Rd. on Recreation Center Rd., near Glenville, West Virginia |
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Coordinates | 38°57′1.593′′N 80°49′45.959′′W / 38.95044250°N 80.82943306°W / 38.95044250; -80.82943306 |
Area | less than one acre |
Built | 1907 |
Architect | Albert Newton West, William Dolivar Whiting |
Architectural style | Colonial Revival, four square |
NRHP reference No. | 98001465 [1] |
Added to NRHP | December 4, 1998 |
Gilmer County Poor Farm Infirmary is a historic poor farm infirmary building located near Glenville, Gilmer County, West Virginia. It was built in 1907 by what is now the Glenville Golf Club, and is a two-story, three-bay, center entrance frame building with a cross-hip pitched roof and Colonial Revival-style details. The infirmary was in operation until 1941, after which it was used as a day care center and as meeting space for local social and civic organizations.[2]
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1998.[1]
References
[edit ]- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
- ^ Kim A. Valente (June 1998). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Gilmer County Poor Farm Infirmary" (PDF). State of West Virginia, West Virginia Division of Culture and History, Historic Preservation. Retrieved June 20, 2011.
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- Hospital buildings on the National Register of Historic Places in West Virginia
- Colonial Revival architecture in West Virginia
- Government buildings completed in 1907
- National Register of Historic Places in Gilmer County, West Virginia
- Public housing in West Virginia
- Poor farms
- 1907 establishments in West Virginia
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