Cedarville School

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Cedarville School
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Cedarville School in 2013
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LocationJct. of Smith Ave. and Edmond St., Cedarville, West Virginia
Coordinates 38°50′25″N80°49′8″W / 38.84028°N 80.81889°W / 38.84028; -80.81889
Area4 acres (1.6 ha)
Built1923
ArchitectWest, J. M., and Sons
Architectural styleBungalow/Craftsman, Foursquare
NRHP reference No. 94000210 [1]
Added to NRHPMarch 25, 1994

Cedarville School is a historic school building located at Cedarville, Gilmer County, West Virginia. It was built in 1923, and is a two-story "T"-shaped, wood-frame building with a hipped roof, measuring approximately 50 feet deep and 80 feet wide. It has striated stuccoed exterior surfaces and is on a raised basement of locally quarried stone. It was used as a school until 1968, after which it was converted to apartments. [2]

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

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References

  1. 1 2 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
  2. Bernice Moyers and Lavonne Minigh (December 1993). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Cedarville School" (PDF). State of West Virginia, West Virginia Division of Culture and History, Historic Preservation. Retrieved 2011-06-20.