Fohs Hall in Marion, Kentucky was built in 1926. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982.[1]
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| Location | 143 N. Walker St., Marion, Kentucky |
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| Coordinates | 37°20′03″N 88°04′43″W / 37.334167°N 88.078611°W |
| Area | 1.1 acres (0.45 ha) |
| Built | 1926 |
| Built by | J.N. Boston & Sons |
| Architect | Frankel & Curtis |
| Architectural style | Classical Revival |
| NRHP reference No. | 82002682[1] |
| Added to NRHP | April 29, 1982 |
It was built to serve as a community center for Marion and was a donation of Ferdinand Julius Fohs, a notable petroleum geologist who grew up in Marion. Architects Frankel and Curtis of Lexington, Kentucky, designed the building, which was built at cost of $73,081 on the site of the small house where Fohs had lived. Fohs donated it to the Marion Board of Education to serve as a community center and as an auxiliary building for Marion High School, which was located across the street. The building included a music room, a lounge, a study hall, a small library, classrooms, and an auditorium.[2]
It is a two-story brick building on a limestone foundation. It has a recessed center bay in its front, north-facing facade, topped by a stone pediment supported by four Corinthian columns.[2]
Fohs formed a geological firm, Fohs and Gardner, with James H. Gardner as partner.[3] Fohs is credited with helping discover the Mexia oil field in 1920.[4]
References edit
- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ a b "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Fohs Hall". National Park Service. With four photos.
- ^ Clark, James; Halbouty, Michael (1972). The Last Oil Boom. New York: Random House. p. 119. ISBN 0394482328.
- ^ Olien, Diana; Olien, Roger (2002). Oil in Texas, The Gusher Age, 1895-1945. Austin: University of Texas Press. pp. 119, 125. ISBN 0292760566.