W. H. Smith Hardware Company Building

W. H. Smith Hardware Company Building
Front of the building
W. H. Smith Hardware Company Building is located in West Virginia
W. H. Smith Hardware Company Building
W. H. Smith Hardware Company Building is located in the United States
W. H. Smith Hardware Company Building
Location119 3rd St., Parkersburg, West Virginia
Coordinates39°15′58″N 81°33′50″W / 39.26611°N 81.56389°W / 39.26611; -81.56389
Arealess than one acre
Built1899
Architectural styleRomanesque
NRHP reference No.03000349[1]
Added to NRHPMay 2, 2003

W. H. Smith Hardware Company Building, also known as the Oil and Gas Museum of the Oil, Gas and Industrial Historical Association, is a historic commercial building located at Parkersburg, Wood County, West Virginia. It was built in 1899, on the foundation of a building built about 1874. It is a four-story, masonry building with Romanesque Revival architectural details. The rectangular building measure 60 by 120 feet (18 by 37 m), with an 18-by-12-foot (5.5 by 3.7 m) outcrop. It housed the W. H. Smith Hardware Company until the 1980s. It now houses the Oil and Gas Museum.[2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2003.[1]

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References

  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. ^ Alan Rowe and James Miracle (January 2003). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: W.H. Smith Hardware Company Building" (PDF). State of West Virginia, West Virginia Division of Culture and History, Historic Preservation. Retrieved 2011-09-15.


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