The Central School was a school building in
Martins Ferry,
Ohio
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,
United States
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. Located at the corner of South 4th and Hickory Streets, the school was listed on the
National Register of Historic Places
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on July 23, 1979.
National Register of Historic Places: Annual Listing of Historic Properties 1979-1980
, National Park Service
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, 1980, 27. Accessed 2009-10-27. It is no longer on the Register: the designation was removed on February 21, 1980, less than a year after it was added. Designed by Benjamin Exley and C.H. Owsley, it was built in 1897 in the Richardsonian Romanesque
Richardsonian Romanesque is a architectural style, style of Romanesque Revival architecture named after the American architect Henry Hobson Richardson (1838–1886). The revivalism (architecture), revival style incorporates 11th- and 12th-century ...
style of architecture.
The building was demolished to make room for the Citizens National Bank, the current owners.
References
School buildings completed in 1897
Buildings and structures in Belmont County, Ohio
National Register of Historic Places in Belmont County, Ohio
Former National Register of Historic Places in Ohio
School buildings on the National Register of Historic Places in Ohio
Romanesque Revival architecture in Ohio
Neoclassical architecture in Ohio
1897 establishments in Ohio
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