Smoketown School

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Smoketown School
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LocationCounty 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 Coordinates: 39°27′32″N77°54′20″W / 39.45889°N 77.90556°W / 39.45889; -77.90556
Area0.5 acres (0.20 ha)
Built1869
Architectural styleGreek Revival
NRHP reference No. 94001345 [1]
Added to NRHPDecember 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]

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References

  1. 1 2 "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 2011-06-02.
  3. Shok, Holly (2012-12-09). "Historical Society looks to keep memory of Smoketown School House alive through sale of bricks". The Journal . Retrieved 2014-09-25.