Dering Building

Dering Building
Location 175-177 Walnut St., Morgantown, West Virginia
Coordinates 39°37′49″N 79°57′25″W / 39.63028°N 79.95694°W / 39.63028; -79.95694Coordinates: 39°37′49″N 79°57′25″W / 39.63028°N 79.95694°W / 39.63028; -79.95694
Area less than one acre
Architectural style Romanesque
NRHP Reference # 94001288[1]
Added to NRHP November 4, 1994

Dering Building is a historic commercial building located at Morgantown, Monongalia County, West Virginia. It was designed by noted Morgantown architect Elmer F. Jacobs and built in 1896. It is a three-story Romanesque Revival style brick building. It has a rectangular plan, a flat roof, separate store fronts, and recessed portico entrances. It features a pediment above the flat roof with a rising sun motif and the date of construction inscribed in the center.[2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1994. It is located in the Downtown Morgantown Historic District, listed in 1996.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 National Park Service (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. Brian Thomas Berkley (May 1994). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Dering Building" (PDF). State of West Virginia, West Virginia Division of Culture and History, Historic Preservation. Retrieved 2011-08-18.


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