Fairmont State University
Fairmont State University is an university in Marion, West Virginia which is located on Locust Avenue. Fairmont State University is situated nearby to the hamlet Beverly Hills, as well as near the village Barrackville.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: University
- Also known as: “Fairmont Academy”, “Fairmont Normal School”, “Fairmont State College”, “Fairmont State Normal School”, and “Fairmont State Teachers College”
- Address: 1201 Locust Avenue, Fairmont, 26554
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Marion County Courthouse and Woodlawn Cemetery.
Marion County Courthouse
Courthouse
Photo: Carol M. Highsmith, Public domain.
The Marion County Courthouse is a Beaux-Arts style building in Fairmont, West Virginia, in the United States. The courthouse was constructed from 1897 to 1900, and was designed by the architectural firm of Yost & Packard of Columbus, Ohio. Marion County Courthouse is situated 1 mile east of Fairmont State University.
Woodlawn Cemetery
Cemetery
Photo: Generic1139, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Woodlawn Cemetery, located in Fairmont, West Virginia, United States, is an example of the rural cemetery. It was laid out by Tell W. Nicolet of the firm of Morris and Knowles of Pittsburgh, PA. Woodlawn Cemetery is situated 1½ miles east of Fairmont State University.
Jacobs-Hutchinson Block
Commercial area
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Jacobs-Hutchinson Block, also known as Peoples' National Bank and Friendly Furniture Store, is a historic commercial building located at Fairmont, Marion County, West Virginia. Jacobs-Hutchinson Block is situated 1 mile east of Fairmont State University.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Beverly Hills and Fairmont.
Beverly Hills
Hamlet
Beverly Hills is an unincorporated community adjacent to the city of Fairmont in Marion County, West Virginia, United States.
Fairmont
Photo: Carol M. Highsmith, Public domain.
Fairmont, nicknamed the "Friendly City", is a city of 18,313 people in West Virginia, and the county seat of Marion County. It was established in 1820 as Middletown, and changed in 1843 to Fairmont, short for "Fair Mountain".
Barrackville
Village
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Barrackville is a town in Marion County, West Virginia, United States. The population was 1,211 at the 2020 census. Barrackville was settled beginning in 1767 by William Galloway "Indian Billy" Ice.
Fairmont State University
- Category: education
- Location: Marion, West Virginia, South, United States, North America
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Latitude
39.48536° or 39° 29′ 7″ northLongitude
-80.16283° or 80° 9′ 46″ westElevation
1,037 feet (316 metres)Open location code
86FXFRPP+4VOpenStreetMap ID
way 769186239OpenStreetMap feature
amenity=universityGeoNames ID
4805422
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