Fresh Coat of Paint
Magistrate Court building gets facelift
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Two Joseph White Painting employees put a second coat of paint on one side of the Randolph County Magistrate Court building Monday. The painting is part of several upgrades being done at the facility.
ELKINS -- The Randolph County Magistrate Court building is currently receiving a facelift as part of the ongoing work at the structure on Randolph Avenue.
A work crew from Joseph White Painting from Fairmont put a fresh coat of paint on one side of the facility on Monday after power washing the building over the weekend. The painting process is expected to be completed by Wednesday afternoon.
"Since we purchased the prosecuting attorney's office, we wanted to do some renovations on the magistrate building as well," Randolph County Commission President Dave Kesling told The Inter-Mountain Monday. "They power-washed it over the weekend and they are going to paint all three sides, excluding the front."
Kesling said once the painting is complete, Emblazon Sign Company will be putting up all new signs on the front of the building to go along with some other upgrades.
"We are going to re-stripe and re-seal the parking lot between the magistrate building and the new prosecuting attorney office building," said Kesling. "We also have new light fixtures coming for the outside of the building that will make it more judicial looking.
"We did a lot to the main courthouse with new sidewalks and roofs, so we wanted to spruce the magistrate building up as well."
Kesling said funding for the work at the magistrate building came from the courthouse improvement maintenance funding line item that the commission budgets each year.
In November 2022, the county commission agreed to purchase the Jory & Smith Law Office building located across the street from the Randolph County Courthouse for $426,000. The money to buy the building came from a grant the commission received as part of the American Rescue Plan.
Kesling said Prosecuting Attorney Michael Parker and his employees will be moving into the new facility, which has received substantial remodeling and upgrades, very soon.
"We are waiting on some new glass or the building," Kesling said. "Other than that, everything else is pretty much done. Everything is ready to go and as soon as we finish those last couple of things, they will be moving into their new building."