Wheeling Historic District
{{Infobox NRHP
| name = Centre Market Square Historic District | nrhp_type = hd | image = Center Market Square Historic District.jpg | caption = Center Market Square Historic District, March 2010 | location= Roughly Market St. between 20th and 23rd Sts.; also southern side of Main from Alley 19 to 20th St., and Chapline, Eoff and Charles Sts. bounded by Lane C, 22nd, and 24th Sts., Wheeling, West Virginia
Wheeling Historic District | |
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| Location | Roughly bounded by RR tracks, Eoff, Water, and 10th Sts., Wheeling, West Virginia |
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| Area | 55.8 acres (22.6 ha) |
| Architectural style | Late 19th And 20th Century Revivals, Greek Revival, Late Victorian |
| NRHP reference No. | 79002597[1] |
| Added to NRHP | December 31, 1979 |
Centre Market Square Historic District, also known as the Wheeling Central Business District, is a national historic district located at Wheeling, Ohio County, West Virginia. The district includes 205 contributing buildings in the central business district of Wheeling. It includes the site of the original location of Fort Henry. The buildings are representative of a number of popular architectural styles from the early-19th century through the present including Greek Revival and Late Victorian. Notable buildings include the United States Custom House (1859); United States Courthouse, Custom House, and Post Office (1905); St. Matthew's Church and Rectory (c. 1892), Thomas Paull House (c. 1835), Baltimore and Ohio Passenger Terminal (1907-1908), English Lutheran Church (1897), First United Presbyterian Church (1825), City Bank Building (c. 1890), Bank of Wheeling (1892), Capitol Theatre (c. 1926), Medical Tower Building (1915), and Joseph Speidel & Company Building. It includes the separately listed West Virginia Independence Hall.[2]
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1979.[1]
References
- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ Frederick Ellsworth Kleyle (November 1978). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Centre Market Square Historic Districtl" (PDF). State of West Virginia, West Virginia Division of Culture and History, Historic Preservation. Retrieved 2011-09-01.
External links
- U. S. Custom House, Market & Sixteenth Streets, Wheeling, Ohio, WV: 15 photos, 3 data pages, and 2 photo caption pages at Historic American Building Survey
- Thomas Paull House, 1314 Chapline Street, Wheeling, Ohio, WV: 2 drawings, 4 photos, 7 data pages, and 1 photo caption page at Historic American Building Survey
- Bank of Wheeling, 1229 Main Street, Wheeling, Ohio, WV: 1 drawing, 2 photos, 8 data pages, 2 photo caption pages, and 1 color transparency at Historic American Building Survey
- Medical Tower Building, Twelfth & Main Streets, Wheeling, Ohio, WV: 3 photos, 1 data pages, and 1 photo caption page at Historic American Building Survey
- Joseph Speidel & Company Building, 1417 Main Street, Wheeling, Ohio, WV: 1 drawing, 6 photos, 6 data pages, 2 photo caption pages, and 1 color transparency at Historic American Building Survey
