Gilmer County Poor Farm Infirmary

Historic building in West Virginia, US

United States historic place


Gilmer County Poor Farm Infirmary
U.S. National Register of Historic Places

Front
38°57′1.593″N 80°49′45.959″W / 38.95044250°N 80.82943306°W / 38.95044250; -80.82943306
Area	less than one acre
Built	1907
Architect	Albert Newton West, William Dolivar Whiting
Architectural style	Colonial Revival, four square
NRHP reference No.	98001465^[1]
Added to NRHP	December 4, 1998

Gilmer County Poor Farm Infirmary is a historic poor farm infirmary building located near Glenville, Gilmer County, West Virginia. It was built in 1907, and is a two-story, three-bay, center entrance frame building with a cross-hip pitched roof and Colonial Revival-style details. The infirmary was in operation until 1941, after which it was used as a day care center and as meeting space for local social and civic organizations.^[2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1998.^[1]

References

^ ^a ^b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
^ Kim A. Valente (June 1998). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Gilmer County Poor Farm Infirmary" (PDF). State of West Virginia, West Virginia Division of Culture and History, Historic Preservation. Retrieved 2011-06-20.