Hopewell Municipal Building

Hopewell Municipal Building
Hopewell Municipal Building, July, 2008
Location300 Main St., Hopewell, Virginia
Coordinates37°18′13″N 77°17′17″W / 37.30361°N 77.28806°W / 37.30361; -77.28806
Arealess than one acre
Built1925 (1925), 1957
Built byMiller Engineering Co.
ArchitectBishop, Fred A.
Architectural styleClassical Revival
NRHP reference No.98000451[1]
VLR No.116-5001
Significant dates
Added to NRHPMay 8, 1998
Designated VLRDecember 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. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. ^ "Virginia Landmarks Register". Virginia Department of Historic Resources. Retrieved March 19, 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