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North Wheeling Historic District

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NRHP Reference #
  
88002693, 07001419

Area
  
6 ha

Address
  
Wheeling, WV 26003, USA

North Wheeling Historic District

Location
  
Roughly bounded by Main Street Ter., Market St., Interstate 70, and N. Main St., Wheeling, West Virginia

Architectural style
  
Greek Revival, Late Victorian, Italianate

Added to NRHP
  
December 9, 1988, January 17, 2008 (boundary increase)

Similar
  
Ohio County Public Lib, Wheeling Fire Departme, Wheeling Historic District, Wheeling City Center Market, West Virginia Independ

North Wheeling Historic District is a national historic district located at Wheeling, Ohio County, West Virginia. The district encompasses 134 contributing buildings and one contributing object in a 2 1/2-block section of northern Wheeling, known as "Old Town". Most of the district consists of mid- to late-19th-century residential buildings. A number of popular architectural styles are represented, including Greek Revival, Italianate, and Late Victorian. Notable buildings include the Vigilant Engine House (c. 1891), William Goering House (1885), Alfred Paull House (1880s), Williams Duplex Tenement (1880–1884), George W. Eckhart House (1891–1892), Christian Hess House (1876), Edward Hazlett House (1893), Henry K. List House (1858). The object is the Pollack Memorial Monument (1916).

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1988, with a boundary increase in 2008.

References

North Wheeling Historic District Wikipedia