Itmann Company Store and Office
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Itmann Company Store and Office is a historic commercial building located at Itmann
, Wyoming County, West Virginia
. It was designed by noted architect Alex B. Mahood
and built in 1923-1925. It is a Classical Revival
style complex built of native sandstone
. It consists of four sections (A through D) laid out in an open courtyard plan. Sections A and C are 2 1/2-story parapeted gable front sections located on the northern and southern sides of the courtyard and Section D is a 1-story parapeted half gable roofed loggia. It was built as a company store
for the local mining community.
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places
in 1990.
Itmann, West Virginia
Itmann is an unincorporated census-designated place and former mining town located in Wyoming County, West Virginia, United States, between Pineville and Mullens off of West Virginia Route 16...
, Wyoming County, West Virginia
Wyoming County, West Virginia
Wyoming County is a county located in the U.S. state of West Virginia. As of the 2010 census, the population was 23,796. Its county seat is Pineville. Wyoming County was created in 1850 from Logan County and named for the Delaware Indian word meaning "large plains."-Geography:According to the U.S...
. It was designed by noted architect Alex B. Mahood
Alex B. Mahood
Alexander Blount Mahood was a Bluefield, West Virginia-based architect.He was born at Lynchburg, Virginia in 1888 and attended the École des Beaux-Arts. He came to Bluefield in 1912 and set up business. He was the architect for the West Virginia Hotel and many of his major residential works are...
and built in 1923-1925. It is a Classical Revival
Neoclassical architecture
Neoclassical architecture was an architectural style produced by the neoclassical movement that began in the mid-18th century, manifested both in its details as a reaction against the Rococo style of naturalistic ornament, and in its architectural formulas as an outgrowth of some classicizing...
style complex built of native sandstone
Sandstone
Sandstone is a sedimentary rock composed mainly of sand-sized minerals or rock grains.Most sandstone is composed of quartz and/or feldspar because these are the most common minerals in the Earth's crust. Like sand, sandstone may be any colour, but the most common colours are tan, brown, yellow,...
. It consists of four sections (A through D) laid out in an open courtyard plan. Sections A and C are 2 1/2-story parapeted gable front sections located on the northern and southern sides of the courtyard and Section D is a 1-story parapeted half gable roofed loggia. It was built as a company store
Truck system
A truck system is an arrangement in which employees are paid in commodities or some currency substitute , rather than with standard money. This limits employees' ability to choose how to spend their earnings—generally to the benefit of the employer...
for the local mining community.
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places
National Register of Historic Places
The National Register of Historic Places is the United States government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures, and objects deemed worthy of preservation...
in 1990.