L.W. Thomas
Lewis W. Thomas was an architect in Canton, Ohio. His work included the Wood County Courthouse in Parkersburg, West Virginia. He designed the Wood County Courthouse (1899), a Romanesque Revival structure added to the National Register of Historic Places on August 29, 1979.[1]
Thomas was part of the Richardson & Thomas firm before establishing his own practice and worked out of Cleveland's Bangor Building.[2]
The Woods County Courthouse is a Neo-Romanesque building in Parkersburg, West Virginia. It was built by contractor Caldwell & Drake and replaced an earlier courthouse building.[3] It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1979 for its architectural significance.[1]
He worked out of the George D. Harter Bank Building.[4]
Projects
- Wood County Courthouse, including a 100' tower[5][6]
- American Stove Company foundry building[2]
- brick auditorium and market house for City of Canton[2]
- Cleveland Foundry company factory building on Platt Street in Cleveland[2]
- Miles Theatre (1913) in Cleveland (demolished)[7]
Thomas prepared plans for a $100,000 Canton, Ohio Courthouse.[8]
References
- 1 2 National Park Service (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
- 1 2 3 4 Ohio Architect and Builder, Volume 3
- ↑ Historic West Virginia: The National Register of Historic Places. Charleston, West Virginia: West Virginia Division of Culture and History: State Historic Preservation Office. 2000.
- ↑ Minutes of the East Ohio Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church By Methodist Episcopal Church page 120
- ↑ Wood County Courthouse history
- ↑ Waymarking: Wood County COurthouse
- ↑ Cleveland Landmarks Commission
- ↑ Stone; an illustrated magazine, Volume 14