*** Welcome to piglix ***

Gilmer County Poor Farm Infirmary

Gilmer County Poor Farm Infirmary
Gilmer County Poor Farm Infirmary is located in West Virginia
Gilmer County Poor Farm Infirmary
Gilmer County Poor Farm Infirmary is located in the US
Gilmer County Poor Farm Infirmary
Location Off Sycamore Rd. on Recreation Center Rd., near Glenville, West Virginia
Coordinates 38°57′1.593″N 80°49′45.959″W / 38.95044250°N 80.82943306°W / 38.95044250; -80.82943306Coordinates: 38°57′1.593″N 80°49′45.959″W / 38.95044250°N 80.82943306°W / 38.95044250; -80.82943306
Area less than one acre
Built 1907
Architect West, Albert Newton; Whiting, William Dolivar
Architectural style Colonial Revival, four square
NRHP Reference # 98001465
Added to NRHP December 4, 1998

Gilmer County Poor Farm Infirmary is a historic poor farm infirmary building located near Glenville, Gilmer County, West Virginia. It was built in 1907, and is a two story, three bay, center entrance frame building with a cross-hip pitched roof and Colonial Revival-style details. The infirmary was in operation until 1941, after which it was used as a day care center and as meeting space for local social and civic organizations.

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1998.



...
Wikipedia

...