Fohs Hall

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Fohs Hall
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Location143 N. Walker St., Marion, Kentucky
Coordinates 37°20′03″N88°04′43″W / 37.334167°N 88.078611°W / 37.334167; -88.078611
Area1.1 acres (0.45 ha)
Built1926
Built byJ.N. Boston & Sons
ArchitectFrankel & Curtis
Architectural styleClassical Revival
NRHP reference No. 82002682 [1]
Added to NRHPApril 29, 1982

Fohs Hall in Marion, Kentucky was built in 1926. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982. [1]

It was built to serve as a community center for Marion and was a donation of Ferdinand Julius Fohs, a notable petroleum geologist who grew up in Marion. Architects Frankel and Curtis of Lexington, Kentucky, designed the building, which was built at cost of $73,081 on the site of the small house where Fohs had lived. Fohs donated it to the Marion Board of Education to serve as a community center and as an auxiliary building for Marion High School, which was located across the street. The building included a music room, a lounge, a study hall, a small library, classrooms, and an auditorium. [2]

It is a two-story brick building on a limestone foundation. It has a recessed center bay in its front, north-facing facade, topped by a stone pediment supported by four Corinthian columns. [2]

Fohs formed a geological firm, Fohs and Gardner, with James H. Gardner as partner. [3] Fohs is credited with helping discover the Mexia oil field in 1920. [4]

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References

  1. 1 2 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. 1 2 "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Fohs Hall". National Park Service. With four photos.
  3. Clark, James; Halbouty, Michael (1972). The Last Oil Boom. New York: Random House. p. 119. ISBN   0394482328.
  4. Olien, Diana; Olien, Roger (2002). Oil in Texas, The Gusher Age, 1895-1945. Austin: University of Texas Press. pp. 119, 125. ISBN   0292760566.