Smoketown School
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Smoketown School | |
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| Location | County Route 45/4, east of Martinsburg, near Martinsburg, West Virginia |
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| Coordinates | 39°27′32″N 77°54′20″W / 39.45889°N 77.90556°WCoordinates: 39°27′32″N 77°54′20″W / 39.45889°N 77.90556°W |
| Area | 0.5 acres (0.20 ha) |
| Built | 1869 |
| Architectural style | Greek Revival |
| NRHP Reference # | [1] |
| Added to NRHP | December 1, 1994 |
Smoketown School was a historic one-room school located near Martinsburg, Berkeley County, West Virginia. It was built in 1869, and is a one story, brick building in a vernacular Greek Revival style. It was used as a school until 1940, and the property was later sold to the Greensburg United Methodist Church.[2]
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1994.[1]
The building was condemned in June 2012 and razed the next month.[3]
References
- 1 2 Staff (2009-03-13). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
- ↑ Michael Gioulis and Don C. Wood (June 1994). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Smoketown School" (PDF). State of West Virginia, West Virginia Division of Culture and History, Historic Preservation. Retrieved 2011-06-02.
- ↑ Shok, Holly (2012-12-09). "Historical Society looks to keep memory of Smoketown School House alive through sale of bricks". The Journal. Retrieved 2014-09-25.
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