Shotwell_Hall,_West_Liberty_State_College

Shotwell Hall, West Liberty State College

Shotwell Hall, West Liberty State College

United States historic place

Shotwell Hall, also known as Fraternity Hall, is a historic dormitory located on the campus of West Liberty University at West Liberty, Ohio County, West Virginia. It was designed by noted Wheeling architect Frederick F. Faris (1870-1927) and built as a Public Works Administration project in 1937. It is a 2+1⁄2-story red brick over concrete block building in the Colonial Revival style. It features a broken pediment doorway and pedimented gable ends. The building was built as a men's dormitory, but now houses faculty offices. The building is named for Nathan Shotwell, first president of West Liberty Academy from 1838 to 1854.[2]

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It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1996.[1]

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  1. [1]
    "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. [2]
    David Javersak and Katherine Jourdan (October 1995). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Shotwell Hall" (PDF). State of West Virginia, West Virginia Division of Culture and History, Historic Preservation. Retrieved 2011-09-01.

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