Jacobs-Hutchinson Block, also known as Peoples' National Bank and Friendly Furniture Store, is a historic commercial building located at Fairmont,

Marion County, West Virginia Marion County is a county in the U.S. state of West Virginia. As of the 2020 census, the population was 56,205. Its county seat is Fairmont. The county was named in honor of General Francis Marion (''ca.'' 1732–1795), known to history as "T ...

. It was built in 1902, and is a five-story commercial structure with a basement and a flat roof in the

Renaissance Revival Renaissance Revival architecture (sometimes referred to as "Neo-Renaissance") is a group of 19th century architectural revival styles which were neither Greek Revival nor Gothic Revival but which instead drew inspiration from a wide range o ...

style. It is a steel column and beam structure, sheathed with pressed brick, blue stone, and

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. It rests on a stone foundation. It measures 92 feet by 80 feet deep and 84 feet high. The building has housed department stores, a bank, a furniture store, and law offices. It was listed on the

National Register of Historic Places The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the United States federal government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures and objects deemed worthy of preservation for their historical significance or "great artistic ...

in 1995.

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Commercial buildings on the National Register of Historic Places in West Virginia Renaissance Revival architecture in West Virginia Commercial buildings completed in 1902 Buildings and structures in Marion County, West Virginia National Register of Historic Places in Marion County, West Virginia Fairmont, West Virginia {{MarionCountyWV-NRHP-stub