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Circleville School
Circleville School is located in West Virginia
Location: WV 28, Circleville, West Virginia
Coordinates: 38°40′22″N 79°29′11″W / 38.67278°N 79.48639°W / 38.67278; -79.48639Coordinates: 38°40′22″N 79°29′11″W / 38.67278°N 79.48639°W / 38.67278; -79.48639
Area: 6.5 acres (2.6 ha)
Built: 1937
Architectural style: Colonial Revival, Other, Georgian Revival
Governing body: Local
NRHP Reference#: 95001323[1]
Added to NRHP: November 9, 1995

Circleville School is a historic school building located at Circleville, Pendleton County, West Virginia. It was built in 1937-1938, as a project of the federal Works Progress Administration. It is a two-story masonry building in the Georgian Revival style. It was built on the foundation of a previous school destroyed by fire. The front facade features a two-story pedimented projecting pavilion emphasized by large Doric order pilasters. It is constructed of hollow tile block with a red brick veneer. The truncated hipped roof is topped by a wooden cupola.[2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1995.[1]

References [edit]

  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. 2010-07-09. 
  2. ^ Margo Stafford (August 1995). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Circleville School". State of West Virginia, West Virginia Division of Culture and History, Historic Preservation. Retrieved 2011-09-01. 
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