North Wheeling Historic District

North Wheeling Historic District
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
U.S. Historic district
Buildings in Downtown Wheeling, April 2006
Location:	Roughly bounded by Main Street Ter., Market St., Interstate 70, and N. Main St., Wheeling, West Virginia
Coordinates:	40°4′28″N 80°43′29″W / 40.07444°N 80.72472°W / 40.07444; -80.72472Coordinates: 40°4′28″N 80°43′29″W / 40.07444°N 80.72472°W / 40.07444; -80.72472
Area:	15 acres (6.1 ha)
Architectural style:	Greek Revival, Late Victorian, Italianate
Governing body:	Local
NRHP Reference#:	88002693, 07001419[1]
Added to NRHP:	December 9, 1988, January 17, 2008 (boundary increase)

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 representated 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 Tenament (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).^[2][3]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1988, with a boundary increase in 2008.^[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. ^ Paul D. Marshall (June 1988). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: North Wheeling Historic District". State of West Virginia, West Virginia Division of Culture and History, Historic Preservation. http://www.wvculture.org/shpo/nr/pdf/ohio/88002693.pdf. Retrieved 2011-09-01. 
3. ^ Jennifer Loustau (March 2007). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: North Wheeling Historic District (boundary increase)". State of West Virginia, West Virginia Division of Culture and History, Historic Preservation. http://www.wvculture.org/shpo/nr/pdf/ohio/07001419.pdf. Retrieved 2011-09-01. 

External links

• Vigilant Engine House, 648-650 Main Street, Wheeling, Ohio, WV: 3 drawings, 5 photos, 8 data pages, 2 photo caption pages, and 3 color transparencies at Historic American Building Survey
• William Goering House, 701 Main Street, Wheeling, Ohio, WV: 4 photos, 6 data pages, 1 photo caption page, and 1 color transparency at Historic American Building Survey
• Alfred Paull House, 729 North Main Street, Wheeling, Ohio, WV: 7 photos, 13 data pages, 2 photo caption pages, and 1 color transparency at Historic American Building Survey
• Williams Duplex Tenament, 730-732 North Main Street, Wheeling, Ohio, WV: 6 photos, 13 data pages, 2 photo caption pages, and 1 color transparency at Historic American Building Survey
• George W. Eckhart House, 810 Main Street, Wheeling, Ohio, WV: 5 drawings, 20 photos, 21 data pages, 3 photo caption pages, and 2 color transparencies at Historic American Building Survey
• Christian Hess House, 811 Main Street, Wheeling, Ohio, WV: 2 drawings, 17 photos, 8 data pages, 3 photo caption pages, and 6 color transparencies at Historic American Building Survey
• Edward Hazlett House, 823 Main Street, Wheeling, Ohio, WV: 6 drawings, 25 photos, 27 data pages, 3 photo caption pages, and 6 color transparencies at Historic American Building Survey
• Henry K. List House, 827 Main Street, Wheeling, Ohio, WV: 3 photos, 5 data pages, and 1 photo caption page at Historic American Building Survey