W.H. Smith Hardware Company Building

W.H. Smith Hardware Company Building

Front of the building
Location 119 3rd St., Parkersburg, West Virginia
Coordinates 39°15′58″N 81°33′50″W / 39.26611°N 81.56389°W / 39.26611; -81.56389Coordinates: 39°15′58″N 81°33′50″W / 39.26611°N 81.56389°W / 39.26611; -81.56389
Area less than one acre
Built 1899
Architectural style Romanesque
NRHP Reference # 03000349[1]
Added to NRHP May 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 feet by 120 feet, with an 18 feet by 12 feet 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. 1 2 National Park Service (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  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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