Charles Town Mining, Manufacturing, and Improvement Company Building
Charles Town Mining, Manufacturing, and Improvement Company Building | |
 Ranson City Hall, June 2011 | |
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| Location | 312 S. Mildred St., Ranson, West Virginia |
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| Coordinates | 39°17′40″N 77°51′38″W / 39.29444°N 77.86056°W |
| Built | 1891 |
| Architect | Holmes, Julius C. |
| Architectural style | Romanesque |
| NRHP reference No. | 01000779 |
| Added to NRHP | August 2, 2001[1] |
The Charles Town Mining, Manufacturing, and Improvement Company Building in
Roger Preston Chew, Frank Beck, Forrest W. Brown, T.C. Green, W.F. Lippitt, A.W. McDonald and B. C. Washington, with Chew as president. Using 850 acres (3.4 km2) of land purchased from the Ranson family, a planned community was laid out by D.G. Howell, a Washington, D.C. landscape architect and civil engineer
. In 1891 the 3½ story headquarters was built, designed by J.C. Holmes.
By 1893 the CMM&I was facing hard times, possibly as a result of the
Post Office. In 1936 the City of Ranson bought the building for $3000 as its City Hall, although apartments occupied the upper floors until the 1970s.[2]
References
- ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. April 15, 2008.
- ^ Geoffrey Henry and Jared N. Tuk (April 10, 2001). "National Register of Historic Places Nomination: Charles Town Mining, Manufacturing, and Improvement Company Building" (PDF). National Park Service.
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