Salem College Administration Building was a historic school administration building located on the campus of

Salem University Salem University is a private for-profit university in Salem, West Virginia. It has about 250 students on campus and about 600 online students that are enrolled in undergraduate as well as graduate programs. The university was founded by the S ...

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, United States. It was 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

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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

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. It was listed on the

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in 1989.

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.

References

University and college buildings on the National Register of Historic Places in West Virginia School buildings completed in 1910 Schools in Harrison County, West Virginia Collegiate Gothic architecture in West Virginia National Register of Historic Places in Harrison County, West Virginia University and college administration buildings in the United States

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Demolished buildings and structures in West Virginia Buildings and structures demolished in 2023 Demolished but still listed on the National Register of Historic Places {{HarrisonCountyWV-NRHP-stub