Dering Building is a historic commercial building located at Morgantown

Morgantown, West Virginia

Morgantown is a city in Monongalia County, West Virginia. It is the county seat of Monongalia County. Placed along the banks of the Monongahela River, Morgantown is the largest city in North-Central West Virginia, and the base of the Morgantown metropolitan area...

, Monongalia County, West Virginia

Monongalia County, West Virginia

As of the census of 2000, there were 81,866 people, 33,446 households, and 18,495 families residing in the county. The population density was 227 people per square mile . There were 36,695 housing units at an average density of 102 per square mile...

. It was designed by noted Morgantown architect Elmer F. Jacobs

Elmer F. Jacobs

Elmer F. Jacobs was a Morgantown, West Virginia-based architect.He graduated from West Virginia University worked under J. I. Beatty, one of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania's, best known architects. He came to Morgantown in 1893 and set up business. He was the leading residential architect in Morgantown,...

 and built in 1896. It is a three-story Romanesque Revival

Romanesque Revival architecture

Romanesque Revival is a style of building employed beginning in the mid 19th century inspired by the 11th and 12th century Romanesque architecture...

 style brick building. It has a rectangular plan, a flat roof, separate store fronts, and recessed portico

Portico

A portico is a porch leading to the entrance of a building, or extended as a colonnade, with a roof structure over a walkway, supported by columns or enclosed by walls...

 entrances. It features a pediment above the flat roof with a rising sun motif and the date of construction inscribed in the center.

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places

National Register of Historic Places

The National Register of Historic Places is the United States government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures, and objects deemed worthy of preservation...

 in 1994. It is located in the Downtown Morgantown Historic District

Downtown Morgantown Historic District

Downtown Morgantown Historic District is a national historic district located at Morgantown, Monongalia County, West Virginia. The district originally included 122 contributing buildings and 2 contributing sites in the central business district and surrounding residential areas of Morgantown. ...

, listed in 1996.