Walter Frederic Martens (March 15, 1890 – July 8, 1969) was an American architect who worked mainly in West Virginia.
[1] Martens won the competition to design the West Virginia governor's mansion in 1923 and it was completed in 1925.
Other commissions followed and Martens designed Homeland, a Colonial-revival residence in Lewisburg, West Virginia.
He partnered with his son Robert Martens from 1941, and their work includes Ripley High School and the Charleston Civic Center.
He also designed the United Carbon Building at 1018 East Kanawha Boulevard in Charleston, West Virginia that is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.