W. H. Smith Hardware Company Building
W. H. Smith Hardware Company Building | |
Front of the building | |
| Location | 119 3rd St., Parkersburg, West Virginia |
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| Coordinates | 39°15′58″N 81°33′50″W / 39.26611°N 81.56389°W |
| Area | less than one acre |
| Built | 1899 |
| Architectural style | Romanesque |
| NRHP reference No. | 03000349[1] |
| Added to NRHP | May 2, 2003 |
W. H. Smith Hardware Company Building, also known as the Oil and Gas Museum of the Oil, Gas and Industrial Historical Association, is a historic commercial building located at Parkersburg, Wood County, West Virginia. It was built in 1899, on the foundation of a building built about 1874. It is a four-story, masonry building with Romanesque Revival architectural details. The rectangular building measure 60 by 120 feet (18 by 37 m), with an 18-by-12-foot (5.5 by 3.7 m) outcrop. It housed the W. H. Smith Hardware Company until the 1980s. It now houses the Oil and Gas Museum.[2]
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2003.[1]
See also
- List of petroleum museums
- National Register of Historic Places listings in Wood County, West Virginia
References
- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ Alan Rowe and James Miracle (January 2003). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: W.H. Smith Hardware Company Building" (PDF). State of West Virginia, West Virginia Division of Culture and History, Historic Preservation. Retrieved September 15, 2011.
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