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Architect Elmer Forrest Jacobs (June 11, 1866 - October 9, 1945) was born in Preston County. He attended West Virginia University and Carnegie Institute of Technology in Pittsburgh before he began designing fire-resistant factories in Pittsburgh. ...
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