Friendly City Building and Jail

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Friendly City Building and Jail
Friendly City Building and Jail.jpg
View from WV 2
Friendly City Building and Jail is located in West Virginia
Friendly City Building and Jail
LocationWV 2, Orchard St., Friendly, West Virginia
Coordinates39°30′53″N 81°3′37″W / 39.51472°N 81.06028°W / 39.51472; -81.06028Coordinates: 39°30′53″N 81°3′37″W / 39.51472°N 81.06028°W / 39.51472; -81.06028
Arealess than one acre
Built1901
NRHP reference No.99001404 [1]
Added to NRHPNovember 22, 1999

Friendly City Building and Jail is a historic town hall and jail located at Friendly, Tyler County, West Virginia. It was built in 1901, and is a small, one story frame building. It has a gable roof and sits on a stone foundation. It has two rooms, the meeting room and jail cell. It continues to be used by the town as a meeting place for monthly town board meetings.[2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1999.[1]

References[]

  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
  2. ^ Katherine M. Jourdan and Arnold Jones (June 1999). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Friendly City Building and Jail" (PDF). State of West Virginia, West Virginia Division of Culture and History, Historic Preservation. Retrieved 2011-07-09.


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