Literary Hall

Literary Hall is a mid-19th-century brick library, building and museum located in , a city in the U.S. state of . It is located at the intersection of North High Street and West Main Street.
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  • Type: Museum
  • Description: mid-19th-century library and museum in Romney, West Virginia
  • Address: 1 West Main Street, Romney, WV 26757
  • Inscription: “Literary Hall”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Romney Academy and Hampshire County Courthouse.

Archaeological site
was an institution for higher education in , Virginia, United States. was first incorporated by the Virginia General Assembly on January 11, 1814, and was active until 1846 when it was reorganized as the .

Courthouse
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The is a Neoclassical edifice in the center of downtown , county seat of , West Virginia. The present building was constructed in 1922 to replace the previous 1833 Neoclassical courthouse that had been destroyed by fire in 1921.

Archaeological site
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The was an early 19th-century Federal-style commercial and residential building located on East Main Street in . It was completed around 1825 to serve as the Romney branch office of the Bank of the Valley of Virginia, and served as a location for every subsequent bank established in Romney, including the Bank of Romney and the First National Bank of Romney.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Romney and Valley.

Photo: Justin A. Wilcox, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a town in , United States, and its county seat. The population was 1,722 at the 2020 census. It is part of the Winchester, Virginia metropolitan area.

Hamlet
was a populated place and on the South Branch line of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad in the U.S. state of . It was centered near the intersection of West Sioux Lane and Depot Road, now located within the present-day corporate boundaries of .

Hamlet
is an unincorporated community in in the U.S. state of . is located west of along the Northwestern Turnpike and the South Branch Valley Railroad.

Literary Hall

Latitude
39.34224° or 39° 20′ 32″ north
Longitude
-78.75658° or 78° 45′ 24″ west
Elevation
820 feet (250 metres)
Open location code
87F386RV+V9
Open­Street­Map ID
way 560429562
Open­Street­Map feature
building=­yes
Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­museum
Geo­Names ID
4812357
Wiki­data ID
Q6647604
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Tamil—“Literary Hall” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “القاعة الأدبية”
  • French: “Literary Hall”
  • Persian: “تالار ادبیات”
  • Tamil: “இலக்கிய மண்டபம்”

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