Downtown Morgantown Historic District is a national historic district

Historic district (United States)

In the United States, a historic district is a group of buildings, properties, or sites that have been designated by one of several entities on different levels as historically or architecturally significant. Buildings, structures, objects and sites within a historic district are normally divided...

 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...

. The district originally included 122 contributing buildings and 2 contributing sites in the central business district and surrounding residential areas of Morgantown. Notable buildings include the Neville House (1823), Chancery Row (c. 1855), Spruce Street United Methodist Church (1908, by 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,...

), Morgantown City Hall (1924), the Crow-Garlow-Lewin House, The Warner Theater (1931), and Wesley United Methodist Church (1942). Also in the district are the separately listed Old Stone House

Old Stone House (Morgantown, West Virginia)

Old Stone House is a historic home located at Morgantown, Monongalia County, West Virginia. The original section was built about 1796, and is a two-story stone structure measuring 26 feet, 8 inches, by 20 feet, 8 inches. A one-story, timber frame addition built in the early 1900s and measures 16...

, Rogers House

Rogers House (Morgantown, West Virginia)

Rogers House is a historic home located at Morgantown, Monongalia County, West Virginia. It was originally built about 1857, and is a two-story, five bay brick and wood frame dwelling in the Classical Revival style. The original section of the house is in brick, whereas the addition, designed by...

, Walters House

Walters House (Morgantown, West Virginia)

Walters House, also as Stone, Gallagher and Byrne Law Offices is a historic home located in Morgantown, Monongalia County, West Virginia. It was built about 1900-1901, and is a brick Queen Anne style brick dwelling. It features a three-story tower in the southeast corner topped with a wrought-iron...

, Brown Building

Brown Building (Morgantown, West Virginia)

Brown Building, also known as the Ream Building, is a historic commercial building located at Morgantown, Monongalia County, West Virginia. It was designed in 1898 by noted Morgantown architect Elmer F. Jacobs. It is a four-story eclectic style brick building. It has a flat roof and projecting...

, Dering Building

Dering Building

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...

, Metropolitan Theatre

Metropolitan Theatre (Morgantown, West Virginia)

Metropolitan Theatre is a historic theater building located at Morgantown, Monongalia County, West Virginia. It opened July 24, 1924, two-and-a-half years after construction began, and consists of a single floor auditorium with balcony. The building measures 72 feet by 143 feet, and has two...

, Monongalia County Courthouse

Monongalia County Courthouse

Monongalia County Courthouse is a historic courthouse building located at Morgantown, Monongalia County, West Virginia. The courthouse was built in 1891, and consists of a two-story building with a basement, five-story clock tower and three-story South tower in the Romanesque styles...

, Old Morgantown Post Office, and Women's Christian Temperance Union Community Building

Women's Christian Temperance Union Community Building

Women's Christian Temperance Union Community Building, also known as the WCTU Building, is a historic building at 160 Fayette Street in Morgantown, Monongalia County, West Virginia. It was built in 1922 by the Woman's Christian Temperance Union, and is a detached, brick, four-story plus basement...

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It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places

National Register of Historic Places

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in 1996.