Smoketown School

Smoketown School
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
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Location	County Route 45/4, east of Martinsburg, near Martinsburg, West Virginia
Coordinates	39°27′32″N77°54′20″W / 39.45889°N 77.90556°W / 39.45889; -77.90556
Area	0.5 acres (0.20 ha)
Built	1869
Architectural style	Greek Revival
NRHP reference No.	94001345 [1]
Added to NRHP	December 1, 1994

Smoketown School was a historic one-room school located near Martinsburg, Berkeley County, West Virginia. It was built in 1869, and is a one-story, brick building in a vernacular Greek Revival style. It was used as a school until 1940, and the property was later sold to the Greensburg United Methodist Church. ^[2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1994. ^[1]

The building was condemned in June 2012 and razed the next month. ^[3]

References

1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
2. Michael Gioulis and Don C. Wood (June 1994). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Smoketown School" (PDF). State of West Virginia, West Virginia Division of Culture and History, Historic Preservation. Retrieved June 2, 2011.
3. Shok, Holly (December 9, 2012). "Historical Society looks to keep memory of Smoketown School House alive through sale of bricks". The Journal . Retrieved September 25, 2014.