Hopewell Municipal Building

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Hopewell Municipal Building
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Hopewell Municipal Building, July, 2008
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Location300 Main St., Hopewell, Virginia
Coordinates 37°18′13″N77°17′17″W / 37.30361°N 77.28806°W / 37.30361; -77.28806
Arealess than one acre
Built1925 (1925), 1957
Built byMiller Engineering Co.
ArchitectBishop, Fred A.
Architectural styleClassical Revival
NRHP reference No. 98000451 [1]
VLR No.116-5001
Significant dates
Added to NRHPMay 8, 1998
Designated VLRDecember 3, 1997 [2]

Hopewell Municipal Building is a historic municipal building located at Hopewell, Virginia. It was built in 1925, and is a three-story, nine-bay, rectangular, sandstone brick building in the Classical Revival style. Attached to the main building is a three-story annex built in 1957. The main entrance is a stone framed double door with a five pane transom window and a six foot deep portico with two stone unfluted columns on either side. The building houses city offices and the police department. [3]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1998. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. "Virginia Landmarks Register". Virginia Department of Historic Resources. Retrieved 19 March 2013.
  3. Jean Olstad McRae (August 1997). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Hopewell Municipal Building" (PDF). Virginia Department of Historic Resources. and Accompanying photo