Federal Aviation Administration Records Center
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| Location | 300 W. King St., Martinsburg, West Virginia |
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| Coordinates | 39°27′25″N 77°58′00″W / 39.4569°N 77.9667°W |
| Built | 1892 |
| Architectural style | Romanesque Revival |
| Website | http://www.theartcentre.org |
| NRHP reference No. | 74001995 |
| Added to NRHP | September 10, 1974[1] |
The Federal Aviation Administration Records Center in Martinsburg, West Virginia is the former United States Courthouse and Post Office for the city. It is a Richardson Romanesque style building, principally designed by Willoughby J. Edbrooke, of the Office of the Supervising Architect.[2] It was used as a federal courthouse and post office from 1895 to 1961, when both functions moved across the street to a new facility. The building to some extent resembles Henry Hobson Richardson's now-destroyed Cincinnati Chamber of Commerce Building.[3]
The Federal Aviation Administration occupied the building in 1970, primarily as an emergency relocation center for Washington-based operations, then vacated the building in the 1990s. The blast-resistant construction and communications facilities are still visible in the basement.[4] During the Cold War, the Justice Department and essential operations staff of the Federal Bureau of Investigation planned to use the building's top floors as an emergency relocation center.[5]
The building was partly renovated as an arts center. It is part of the Downtown Martinsburg Historic District and was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1974.[1]
References[edit]
- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. April 15, 2008.
- ^ John D. Milner (June 22, 1973). "National Register of Historic Places Nomination: Federal Aviation Administration Records Center" (PDF). West Virginia Division of Culture and History. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-06-04.
- ^ Chambers, S. Allen Jr. (2004). Buildings of West Virginia. Oxford University Press. p. 529. ISBN 0-19-516548-9.
- ^ "Martinsburg Arts Centre in Larger Venue", Quad-State Business Journal, November 2006, accessed June 13, 2008
- ^ Graff, Garrett M. (2017). Raven Rock: the story of the U.S. government's secret plan to save itself -- while the rest of us die. New York: Simon & Schuster. pp. 110–111. ISBN 978-1-4767-3540-5. OCLC 971248821.
External links[edit]
- Historic American Buildings Survey (HABS) No. WV-154, "Federal Aviation Administration Records Center, 300 West King Street, Martinsburg, Berkeley County, WV", 1 photo, 1 photo caption page
- Arts centers in West Virginia
- Buildings and structures in Martinsburg, West Virginia
- Courthouses in West Virginia
- Federal Aviation Administration
- Former federal courthouses in the United States
- Government buildings completed in 1892
- Historic American Buildings Survey in West Virginia
- National Register of Historic Places in Martinsburg, West Virginia
- Office buildings on the National Register of Historic Places in West Virginia
- Post office buildings on the National Register of Historic Places in West Virginia
- Romanesque Revival architecture in West Virginia
- Individually listed contributing properties to historic districts on the National Register in West Virginia
- Berkeley County, West Virginia Registered Historic Place stubs