Federal Aviation Administration Records Center

Federal Aviation Administration
Records Center
Location 300 W. King St.,
Martinsburg, West Virginia
Coordinates 39°27′25″N 77°58′00″W / 39.4569°N 77.9667°W / 39.4569; -77.9667Coordinates: 39°27′25″N 77°58′00″W / 39.4569°N 77.9667°W / 39.4569; -77.9667
Built 1892
Architectural style Romanesque Revival
Website http://www.theartcentre.org
NRHP reference # 74001995
Added to NRHP September 10, 1974[1]

The Federal Aviation Administration Records Center in Martinsburg, West Virginia is the former United States Courthouse and Post Office for the city. It is a Richardson Romanesque style building, principally designed by Willoughby J. Edbrooke, of the Office of the Supervising Architect.[2] It was used as a federal courthouse and post office from 1895 to 1961, when both functions moved across the street to a new facility.

The Federal Aviation Administration occupied the building in 1970, primarily as an emergency relocation center for Washington-based operations, then vacated the building in the 1990s. The blast-resistant construction and communications facilities are still visible in the basement.[3]

The building is now The Arts Centre, and is part of the Downtown Martinsburg Historic District. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1974.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 National Park Service (2008-04-15). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. ↑ John D. Milner (June 22, 1973). "National Register of Historic Places Nomination: Federal Aviation Administration Records Center" (pdf). National Park Service.
  3. ↑ "Martinsburg Arts Centre in Larger Venue", Quad-State Business Journal, November 2006, accessed June 13, 2008


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