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Gilmer County Poor Farm Infirmary
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
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Location	Off Sycamore Rd. on Recreation Center Rd., near Glenville, West Virginia
Coordinates	38°57′1.593″N 80°49′45.959″W / 38.95044250°N 80.82943306°W / 38.95044250; -80.82943306
Area	less than one acre
Built	1907
Architect	Albert Newton West, William Dolivar Whiting
Architectural style	Colonial Revival, four square
NRHP reference No.	98001465
Added to NRHP	December 4, 1998

Gilmer County Poor Farm Infirmary is a historic poor farm infirmary building located near Glenville, Gilmer County, West Virginia. It was built in 1907 by what is now the Glenville Golf Club, and is a two-story, three-bay, center entrance frame building with a cross-hip pitched roof and Colonial Revival-style details. The infirmary was in operation until 1941, after which it was used as a day care center and as meeting space for local social and civic organizations.

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1998.

References

1. ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
2. Kim A. Valente (June 1998). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Gilmer County Poor Farm Infirmary" (PDF). State of West Virginia, West Virginia Division of Culture and History, Historic Preservation. Retrieved June 20, 2011.

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