Tucker County Courthouse and Jail

West Virginia, United States

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Built between 1898 and 1900 in Parsons, West Virginia, the Tucker County Courthouse and Jail is a red pressed-brick structure combining Flemish Renaissance and Romanesque Revival styles. Designed by Frank P. Milburn, a prolific courthouse architect of the era, and constructed by P.O. Shrake, the main building was established following the Tucker County Seat War of 1893. The flanking jail and jailer's residence, completed in 1896 and designed by the firm Franzeim, Geisey and Faris, was built by William D. Bumgarner in a complementary style. Now listed on the National Register of Historic Places, the jail no longer functions for inmate confinement, having been supplanted by the Tygart Valley Regional Jail in Randolph County since 2005.