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West Virginia - Doddridge County
Doddridge County West Virginia has 9 places on the National Register of Historic Places including 3 places of Statewide significance. Significant places include Center Point Covered Bridge, Doddridge County Courthouse and Gamsjager--Wysong Farm, Charter, Lathrop Russell, House and Krenn School.

The famous person Joseph H. Diss Debar is associated with one of more of the Doddridge County historic places.

Some of the country's most noteable architects helped create the Doddridge County places including John Gamsjager, Frank Hinter, T.W. Ancell and J. Charles Fulton. Prominent architectural styles found in Doddridge Country are Italianate, Romanesque and Colonial Revival.

Center Point Covered Bridge (added 1983 - - #83003235)
Off WV 23 , Center Point
Bitmapped, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Ancell, T.W., et.al.
Architectural Style:
Other
Area of Significance:
Engineering
Period of Significance:
1875-1899
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Transportation
Historic Sub-function:
Road-Related
Current Function:
Transportation
Current Sub-function:
Road-Related
More Information:
Charter, Lathrop Russell, House (added 1993 - - #93000219)
109 High St. , West Union
KLOTZ, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Unknown
Architectural Style:
Italianate
Area of Significance:
Architecture
Period of Significance:
1875-1899
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Commerce/Trade, Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Professional, Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Domestic
Current Sub-function:
Secondary Structure, Single Dwelling
More Information:
Doddridge County Courthouse (added 1982 - - #82004316)
Court Sq. , West Union
TimK MSI, CC BY 2.5, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Et al., Fulton,J. Charles
Architectural Style:
Romanesque, Other
Area of Significance:
Architecture
Period of Significance:
1900-1924, 1875-1899
Owner:
Local
Historic Function:
Government
Historic Sub-function:
Courthouse
Current Function:
Government
Current Sub-function:
Courthouse
More Information:
Gamsjager--Wysong Farm (added 1986 - - #86002181)
Also known as Old Gamsjager Place
CR 66 , St. Clara
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Historic Significance:
Person, Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Hinter,Frank, Gamsjager,John
Architectural Style:
Other
Historic Person:
Diss Debar,Joseph H.,et al.
Significant Year:
1906
Area of Significance:
Politics/Government, Exploration/Settlement, European, Architecture
Period of Significance:
1900-1924, 1875-1899
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Agriculture/Subsistence, Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Agricultural Outbuildings, Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Domestic
Current Sub-function:
Single Dwelling
More Information:
Krenn School (added 1989 - - #89000181)
Also known as St. Clara Community Building
Co. Rt. 66/Little Buck Run Rd. , New Milton
Patricia J Harris, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering, Event
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Unknown
Architectural Style:
Other
Area of Significance:
Education, Architecture
Period of Significance:
1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899
Owner:
Local
Historic Function:
Education
Historic Sub-function:
School
Current Function:
Social
Current Sub-function:
Meeting Hall
More Information:
Smith, Silas P., Opera, House (added 2001 - - #01000788)
Also known as Doddridge County Public Library
117 Court St. , West Union
KLOTZ, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Event
Area of Significance:
Performing Arts
Period of Significance:
1900-1924
Owner:
Local
Historic Function:
Recreation And Culture
Historic Sub-function:
Music Facility
Current Function:
Education
Current Sub-function:
Library
More Information:
Stuart, W. Scott, House (added 1993 - - #93000220)
104 Chancery St. , West Union
KLOTZ, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
Unknown
Architectural Style:
Late 19th And Early 20th Century American Movements
Area of Significance:
Architecture
Period of Significance:
1900-1924
Owner:
Private
Historic Function:
Domestic
Historic Sub-function:
Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Domestic
Current Sub-function:
Single Dwelling
More Information:
West Union Downtown Historic District (added 2003 - - #03000458)
Roughly bounded by B&O RR, Court St, and Cottage St. , West Union
KLOTZ, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Event, Architecture/Engineering
Architect, builder, or engineer:
multiple
Architectural Style:
Italianate, Queen Anne
Area of Significance:
Community Planning And Development, Politics/Government, Commerce, Architecture
Period of Significance:
1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1850-1874, 1825-1849
Owner:
Local, Private
Historic Function:
Domestic, Government, Recreation And Culture
Historic Sub-function:
Business, Correctional Facility, Courthouse, Music Facility, Single Dwelling
Current Function:
Commerce/Trade, Domestic, Education, Government, Recreation And Culture
Current Sub-function:
Business, Courthouse, Library, Museum, Single Dwelling
More Information:
West Union Residential Historic District (added 2010 - - #10001029)
Roughly bounded by Court St, Stuart St, Wood St, and Garrison Ave, West Union
Nyttend, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Significance:
Architecture/Engineering
Architectural Style:
Late Victorian, Colonial Revival
Area of Significance:
Architecture
Period of Significance:
1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1850-1874
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