1 Sistersville, West Virginia. A DATE OF SURVEY

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1 Form (July 1969) UNTED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE NTEROR NATONAL PARK SERVCE STATE: 1 West Virginia COUNTY. NATONAL REGSTER OF HSTORC PLACES 1 TY ler NVENTORY NOMNATON FORM FOR NPS USE ONLY (Type all entries complete applicable sections) ENTRY NUMBER 11. NAME j m City Building L AND OR HSTORC. '.. i Sistersville City Hall!t. LOCAT~~N,/. f, A ) ST~EET ANC NUMBER: City Square, Main and Diamond Streets ClTY OR TOWN:.. /.,p.,.,,<,..*. h e./'.., ". CATEGORY Z 2 Drstrlct Bulldlng 0 5 S~te Structure. Object.. _ 44 OWNERSHP C Comrnerc~ol, lndustr~ol 12 Pr~vate 0 Educot~on~l 0 Rehglous C Entertofnment 3 Museum El Sclentlftc Town of Sistersville 14. OWNER OF PROPERTY /OWNER'S NAME 1 'a PU~C PRESENT USE (Check One or!lore as Approprrete) STREET AND NUMBER P"v0fe 0 Both Publ~c Acquis~tion: 9 n Process C Be~ng Cons~dered Occupied Unoccupied Preservot~on work in progress Restricted O No Pork Tronsportotlon Comments Sesidence C] Other (Specify) js. CTY OR TOWN STATE CODE * 09 Sistersville West Virginia LOCATON OF CEGAL DESCRPTON COURTHOUSE REGSTRY OF DEEDS ETC Tyler County Court House STREET AND NUMt3ER Y z CTY OR TOWN Middlebourne West Virginia REPRESENTATON N EXSTNG SURVEYS ltttle OF SURVEY An Historic PreservationEconomic Development Study for 1 Sistersville, West Virginia. A DATE OF SURVEY January Federol DEPOSTORY FOR SURVEY RECORDS Sistersyille Planning Commission STGEE AtiC UMEEP CTY OR TOWN: Sistersvgle Citv Hall STATE 1 State County 2 Locol STATE Sistersville West Virginia CODE z 3 r <

2 .... id Good (7 Fair n Dateriorated 1 Ruins L Unexposed CONOTON Altered a Unaltered n Moved 119 Original Site DESCRlSE THE PRESENT AND ORGNAL (if ~~OW~)PHYSCAL APPEARANCE The City Building is a two story red brick and stone building (as specified in the deed, Tyler County D.B. 28, p ) on a circular plot, consisting of a square each of whose sides has, centrally located, a threesided bay window. This arrangement displays an elaborate geometry a complex, of symmetrical polyonal figurewithin a circle. All elements are syrmnetrically arranged doors, windows (those having Classical stone podiums.) A stone belt course divides the first and second stories. There is a subdued Classical cornice above which is a low pitched slate roof, over which, at one time, a small open cupola presided. The small yard is surrounded by an iron fence popular in that period. The interior first floor has been used, and is presently used, for the city offices, and for several years (1913 to 1964) housed the Public Library. The second story consists of one large room with a small stage and was used for conventions and social occasions. t is present1 used for storage by the City.

3 B. SGNFCANCE "EROD (Check One or More as Appropriole) 0 PreColumbion i 16th Century 0 18th Century 3 20th Century a 15th Century 17th Century a 19th Century SPEC1 F C DATES) (f Applicable and Known) 189 / AREAS OF SGNFCANCE (Check One or More as Appropriate) Abor iginal Education 0 Political C Urban Plonning Prehistoric Engineering 3 Religion/Phi. a Other (Specify) Historic ndustry losophy Government (? Agriculture nvention n Science a Architecture a Londscope 0 Sculpture Art Architecture Sociol/Humon Commerce Literature itorion Communications 0 Militory Theater a MUSC 0 Tronsportotion TATEMENT OF SGNFCANCE This building was advertized as one of the first public buildings in the State when it was built. t is another evidence of the town's prosperity during the 'Oil Boom' ( ) which hit the area, especially since no city building had been erected until that time. (The town was laid out in 1816, and chartered in ) t was erected on the plot originally intended for the county court house, Sistersville hoping to become the county seat. The location is the center of the Diamond or village square and is surrounded by a roadway. Here where two main streets intersect in a square, the emphasis is on the City Hall.

4 p OR / BlBLlOGRAPHlCAL REFERENCES THE DALY OL REVEW, Dec. 31, "History of Sistersville." DALY OL REVEW, NDUSTRAL EDTON, February TYLER STAR NEWS, April 17, "A History of the Sistersville Public Library" by Mrs. Paul J. Neuenschwander. TYLER COUNTY JOURNAL, Jan. 22, "The Virginia Club." GEOGRAPHCAL DATA P, LATTUDE AN0 LONGTUDE COORDNATES DEFNNG A RECTANGLE LOCATNG THE PROPERTY... LATTUDE AND LONGTUDE COORONATES DEFNNG THE CENTER PONT OF A PROPERTY OF LESS THAN TFN ACRES LORNER LATTUDE LONGTUDE LATTUDE LONG1 TDF NW N E Degrees Minutes SecAnds , 0 S E 0 0 SW 0 0 Degrees Minutes Seconds 4PPROXMATE ACREAGE OF NOMNATED PROPERTY:.ST ALL STATES AND COUNTES FOR PROPERTES. J Degrees Minutes Seconds Degrees Minutes Seconds 39O 33, ' 48" OVERLAPPNG STATE OR COUNTY BOUNDARE TATE: CODE COUNTY CODE TATE: CODE COUNTY: CODE.Tzk STATE' CODE COUNTY CODE VAME AND TTLE (1. FORM PREPARED BY Mrs. Laura A. Bryant, Field Research Agent, for ORGAN! ZATON West Virginia Antiquities Commission (~qust 31, 1971 STREET AND NUMBER: Old Mountainlair, West Virginia Univ CTY OR TOWN: Morgantown i 12. STATE LlAiSOM OFFCER CERTFCA ON 'sity TA TE DATE West Virginia NATONAL REGSTER VERFCATON CODE h As the designated State,:a~son Officer for the Na tional Histor~c Preservation Act of 1966 (Public Law 89665). 1 hereby nominate this property for inclusion in the National Register and certify that it has been evaluated according to the criteria and procedures set forth by the National Park Service. The recommended level of significance of National Local LrJ hereby certify that this property is included in the National Register. Chief, Office of Archeology and Historic Preservation Gate ATTEST:..~ State Liaison Officer Keeper of The National Register Date Late GPO O87

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