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Agnes Howard Hall

Coordinates: 38°59′22″N 80°13′13″W / 38.98944°N 80.22028°W / 38.98944; -80.22028
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Agnes Howard Hall
Agnes Howard Hall is located in West Virginia
Agnes Howard Hall
Location in West Virginia
Agnes Howard Hall is located in the United States
Agnes Howard Hall
Location in United States
LocationWest Virginia Wesleyan College Campus, Buckhannon, West Virginia
Coordinates38°59′22″N 80°13′13″W / 38.98944°N 80.22028°W / 38.98944; -80.22028
Area1 acre (0.40 ha)
ArchitectGeisy, M.F.; Reger, Carl
Architectural styleLate Victorian
NRHP reference No.83003253[1]
Added to NRHPAugust 18, 1983

Agnes Howard Hall, also known as Ladies Hall or "Aggie," is a historic dormitory building located on the campus of West Virginia Wesleyan College at Buckhannon, Upshur County, West Virginia. It was built in 1895, and is a five-story brick building primarily used as a residence hall. It features an eclectic design with three tower caps and multiple hip roofs. An addition was completed in 1929 and extensive renovations occurred in 1952. It contains 77 sleeping rooms and 26 main bathrooms, along with office areas for residence assistants, lounge areas, kitchen facilities, and maintenance storage rooms. It was the first dormitory constructed at West Virginia Wesleyan College and the oldest on campus. It was officially named Agnes Howard Hall in 1920, in memory of a young woman who had died while a student at Wesleyan.[2]

Picture shown here is not Agnes Howard Hall. It is the Administration Building

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1983.[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
  2. ^ Mort Gamble (May 1983). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Agnes Howard Hall" (PDF). State of West Virginia, West Virginia Division of Culture and History, Historic Preservation. Retrieved 2011-07-09.

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