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		NICHOLAS COUNTY COURTHOUSE A two-story frame building, 30’ x 40’, became the first courthouse in 1820. A two-story square building with rusticated stone walls was erected in 1895. Works Progress Administration (WPA) funds financed an expansion. In 1940, Architect Levi J. Dean styled a stone, Art Deco inspired rear wing that blends sympathetically with the older building.

Courthouse photos courtesy of Daniel Branham
Courthouse history and information sources: "West Virginia Courthouses, A Pictorial History," by Mary Thrash "Historic West Virginia, The National Register of Historic Places," provided by the West Virginia Division of Culture and History, State Historic Preservation Office