West Virginia Independence Hall

Infobox_nrhp | name =West Virginia Independence Hall
nrhp_type =nhl


location= 16th and Market Streets, Wheeling, West Virginia
lat_degrees = 40
lat_minutes = 3
lat_direction = N
long_degrees = 80
long_minutes = 43
long_seconds = 19.55
long_direction = W
locmapin = West Virginia
area =
built =1859
architect= Ammi B. Young; Alfred B. Mullett
architecture= Renaissance
designated= June 20, 1988cite web|url=http://tps.cr.nps.gov/nhl/detail.cfm?ResourceId=991&ResourceType=Building
title=West Virginia Independence Hall |accessdate=2007-10-14|work=National Historic Landmark summary listing|publisher=National Park Service]
added = January 26, 1970cite web|url=http://www.nr.nps.gov/|title=National Register Information System|date=2007-01-23|work=National Register of Historic Places|publisher=National Park Service]
governing_body = State
refnum=70000660

West Virginia Independence Hall is located in Wheeling, West Virginia. During the American Civil War it housed the pro-union First and Second Wheeling Conventions (1861) as well as the West Virginia Constitutional Convention (1863).

The building was originally built as the custom house for the Western District of Virginia, but it later became a famous site in the unique history of West Virginia's statehood. It was also the center of government for the Restored Government of Virginia from 1861 to 1863.

It was declared a National Historic Landmark in 1988.citation|title=PDFlink| [http://pdfhost.focus.nps.gov/docs/NHLS/Text/70000660.pdf National Register of Historic Places Registration: Wheeling Custom House / West Virginia Independence Hall] |2.39 MiB |date=March 18, 1988 |author=Barbara J. Howe |publisher=National Park Service and PDFlink| [http://pdfhost.focus.nps.gov/docs/NHLS/Photos/70000660.pdf Accompanying 5 photos, exterior and interior, from 1970-1987, 1888, pre-1907, 1969, and undated.] |7.10 MiB ]

References

ee also

*List of historic sites in Ohio County, West Virginia
*List of Registered Historic Places in West Virginia
*List of National Historic Landmarks in West Virginia

External links

* [http://www.wvculture.org/sites/wvih.html/ West Virginia Independence Hall]
* [http://wheeling.weirton.lib.wv.us/history/landmark/public/indhall0.htm A History by Delf Norona, ca. 1964]