Hopewell Municipal Building

Hopewell Municipal Building

Hopewell Municipal Building, July, 2008
Location 300 Main St., Hopewell, Virginia
Coordinates 37°18′13″N 77°17′17″W / 37.30361°N 77.28806°W / 37.30361; -77.28806Coordinates: 37°18′13″N 77°17′17″W / 37.30361°N 77.28806°W / 37.30361; -77.28806
Area less than one acre
Built 1925 (1925), 1957
Built by Miller Engineering Co.
Architect Bishop, Fred A.
Architectural style Classical Revival
NRHP Reference # 98000451[1]
VLR # 116-5001
Significant dates
Added to NRHP May 8, 1998
Designated VLR December 3, 1997[2]

Hopewell Municipal Building is a historic municipal building located at Hopewell, Virginia. It was built in 1925, and is a three-story, nine bay, rectangular, sandstone brick building in the Classical Revival style. Attached to the main building is a three-story annex built in 1957. The main entrance is a stone framed double door with a five pane transom window and a six foot deep portico with two stone unfluted columns on either side. The building houses city offices and the police department.[3]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1998.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 Staff (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. "Virginia Landmarks Register". Virginia Department of Historic Resources. Retrieved 19 March 2013.
  3. Jean Olstad McRae (August 1997). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Hopewell Municipal Building" (PDF). Virginia Department of Historic Resources. and Accompanying photo


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