Monroe Street East Historic District

Monroe Street East Historic District
Monroe Street East Historic District
Monroe Street East Historic District is located in West Virginia
Location: 12th and Byron Sts., Wheeling, West Virginia
Coordinates: 40°4′12″N 80°43′9″W / 40.07°N 80.71917°W / 40.07; -80.71917Coordinates: 40°4′12″N 80°43′9″W / 40.07°N 80.71917°W / 40.07; -80.71917
Area: 1.5 acres (0.61 ha)
Built: 1837
Architectural style: Greek Revival, Other, Romanesque, Romano-Tuscan
Governing body: Local
NRHP Reference#: 80004036[1]
Added to NRHP: February 12, 1980

Monroe Street East Historic District is a national historic district located at Wheeling, Ohio County, West Virginia. The district encompasses six contributing buildings. They are a Greek Revival style church built in 1837, a Roman-Tuscan style dwelling dated to 1852 and known as the Paxton-Reed House, and an eclectic 1881 dwelling. Also in the district is a Richardsonian Romanesque style apartment building (c. 1892) and a set of vernacular post-American Civil War townhouses.[2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980. In 1999, the district was encompassed by the East Wheeling Historic District.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. 2010-07-09. http://nrhp.focus.nps.gov/natreg/docs/All_Data.html. 
  2. ^ Beverly B. Fluty (July 1979). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Monroe Street East Historic District". State of West Virginia, West Virginia Division of Culture and History, Historic Preservation. http://www.wvculture.org/shpo/nr/pdf/ohio/80004036.pdf. Retrieved 2011-09-01. 

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