Wirgman Building
The Wirgman Building was an early 19th-century Federal-style commercial and residential building located on East Main Street in Romney, West Virginia. 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.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Archaeological site
- Description: early 19th-century Federal-style commercial and residential building in Romney, West Virginia
- Also known as: “Bank of Romney Building”, “Bank of the Valley of Virginia Building”, “First National Bank of Romney Building”, “Old Wirgman Building”, “Valley Bank Building”, and “Wirgman Building site”
- Inscription: “Wirgman Building”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Literary Hall and Romney Academy.
Literary Hall
Museum
Photo: Justin A. Wilcox, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Literary Hall is a mid-19th-century brick library, building and museum located in Romney, a city in the U.S. state of West Virginia. It is located at the intersection of North High Street and West Main Street.
Romney Academy
Archaeological site
Romney Academy was an institution for higher education in Romney, Virginia, United States. Romney Academy was first incorporated by the Virginia General Assembly on January 11, 1814, and was active until 1846 when it was reorganized as the Romney Classical Institute.
Hampshire County Courthouse
Courthouse
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The Hampshire County Courthouse is a Neoclassical edifice in the center of downtown Romney, county seat of Hampshire County, West Virginia. The present building was constructed in 1922 to replace the previous 1833 Neoclassical courthouse that had been destroyed by fire in 1921.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Romney and Valley.
Romney
Photo: Justin A. Wilcox, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Romney is a town in Hampshire County, West Virginia, United States, and its county seat. The population was 1,722 at the 2020 census. It is part of the Winchester, Virginia metropolitan area.
Valley
Hamlet
Valley was a populated place and post office on the South Branch line of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad in the U.S. state of West Virginia. It was centered near the intersection of West Sioux Lane and Depot Valley Road, now located within the present-day corporate boundaries of Romney.
Vanderlip
Hamlet
Vanderlip is an unincorporated community in Hampshire County in the U.S. state of West Virginia. Vanderlip is located west of Romney along the Northwestern Turnpike and the South Branch Valley Railroad. Vanderlip is situated 1½ miles west of Wirgman Building.
Wirgman Building
- Categories: military prison, historic site, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: Hampshire, West Virginia, South, United States, North America
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Latitude
39.34183° or 39° 20′ 31″ northLongitude
-78.75576° or 78° 45′ 21″ westOpen location code
87F386RV+PMOpenStreetMap ID
node 5404833103OpenStreetMap feature
historic=archaeological_siteWikidata ID
Q14714397
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