Jacob Dick House, 393 National Road, Wheeling, Ohio County, WV
Summary
Significance: Located along the National Road which was the main thoroughfare into Wheeling from the east as early as 1838. The National Road began in Cumberland, Maryland and terminated in Wheeling, West Virginia. Eventually it was extended to Illinois. This was the first "Federal Highway" and the area's most important east-west route from the 1820s through the 1950s.
Survey number: HABS WV-261
Tags
Date
1933 - 1970
Contributors
Historic American Buildings Survey, creator
Location
East Wheeling, 40.04780, -80.64332
Source
Library of Congress
Copyright info
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