Salem College Administration Building

United States historic place


Salem College Administration Building
U.S. National Register of Historic Places

The Salem College Administration Building at Salem College
39°17′1″N 80°34′2″W / 39.28361°N 80.56722°W / 39.28361; -80.56722
Area	2.3 acres (0.93 ha)
Built	1909
Built by	Short & Hartley
Architect	Holmboe & Lafferty
Architectural style	Late Gothic Revival
Demolished	2023
NRHP reference No.	89000184^[1]
Added to NRHP	March 30, 1989

Salem College Administration Building was a historic school administration building located on the campus of Salem University in Salem, West Virginia. Designed by Ernest C. S. Holmboe of Holmboe & Lafferty the most prominent architectural firm in the Clarksburg region at the time.

Architecture

It was built in 1909–1910, and was a 2.5-story, stone and brick building with a truncated hipped roof and full basement in the Collegiate Gothic style. It consisted of an imposing central tower flanked by two symmetrical wings. The wings featured large, two-story, parapet-gabled wall dormers. The roof was topped by small, hipped roof cupola.^[2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1989.^[1]

Demolition

The building was demolished in September 2023. Salem University announced plans to replace it with a park and alumni garden. The remainder of the space would be used for future development.^[3]

References

^ ^a ^b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
^ Timothy G. Zinn (December 1987). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Salem College Administration Building" (PDF). State of West Virginia, West Virginia Division of Culture and History, Historic Preservation. Retrieved 2011-08-05.
^ "Salem University planning to demolish building". WDTV. Retrieved September 17, 2023.