Smoketown School

Smoketown School
Location County Route 45/4, east of Martinsburg, near Martinsburg, West Virginia
Coordinates 39°27′32″N 77°54′20″W / 39.45889°N 77.90556°W / 39.45889; -77.90556Coordinates: 39°27′32″N 77°54′20″W / 39.45889°N 77.90556°W / 39.45889; -77.90556
Area 0.5 acres (0.20 ha)
Built 1869
Architectural style Greek Revival
NRHP Reference #

94001345

[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. 1 2 National Park Service (2009-03-13). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. ↑ 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.
  3. ↑ 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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