Tucker County Courthouse and Jail

	Tucker County Courthouse and Jail
	U.S. National Register of Historic Places
	The courthouse in 2021
Location	1st and Walnut Sts., Parsons, West Virginia
Coordinates	39°5′49″N 79°40′51″W / 39.09694°N 79.68083°W
Built	1898–1900
Architect	Millburn, Frank P.; Baumgarner, William D.
Architectural style	Renaissance, Romanesque
NRHP reference No.	84003680
Added to NRHP	August 23, 1984

The Tucker County Courthouse and Jail in Parsons, West Virginia was built between 1898 and 1900 in a combination of Flemish Renaissance and Romanesque Revival styles. The red pressed-brick structure is flanked by a "jail and jailer's residence" built in 1896 in a similar style.^[2]

The main courthouse was designed by architect Frank P. Milburn and built by P.O. Shrake. Milburn was a prolific designer of courthouses in West Virginia and across the southern United States. The jail was designed by Franzeim, Geisey and Faris and was built by William D. Bumgarner.^[3]

The Tucker County Courthouse was established in the wake of the Tucker County Seat War (1893). The historic jail is no longer used to confine inmates. Since 2005 the Tygart Valley Regional Jail in Randolph County has also served Tucker County.^[4]^[5]

References

^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. April 15, 2008.
^ "Friends of Blackwater Canyon - The City of Parsons" (PDF). Retrieved 2014-04-11.
^ Rodney S. Collins (April 4, 1984). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory-Nomination: Tucker County Courthouse and Jail" (PDF). National Park Service.
^ "Tygart Valley Regional Jail". West Virginia Regional Jail and Correctional Facility Authority web site. West Virginia Department of Military Affairs and Public Safety. 2009. Retrieved January 31, 2009.
^ The facility's mailing address, however, is Belington, just over the border in Barbour County.

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[nris-1] "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. April 15, 2008.

[saveblackwater.org-2] "Friends of Blackwater Canyon - The City of Parsons" (PDF). Retrieved 2014-04-11.

[nrhpinv2-3] Rodney S. Collins (April 4, 1984). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory-Nomination: Tucker County Courthouse and Jail" (PDF). National Park Service.

[4] "Tygart Valley Regional Jail". West Virginia Regional Jail and Correctional Facility Authority web site. West Virginia Department of Military Affairs and Public Safety. 2009. Retrieved January 31, 2009.

[5] The facility's mailing address, however, is Belington, just over the border in Barbour County.

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