Centre Market Square Historic District, Market Street, Wheeling, Ohio ...
Significance: In September, 1850, the Centre Market Building was erected between 22nd and 23rd Street on Market Street. This created a new locus for mercantile activity in Wheeling. As new businesses located he... More
New courtroom, Federal Building and U.S. Courthouse, Wheeling, West Vi...
Original building built in 1905-1914. New addition built in 2002-2004. Original lobby decorated with marble pilasters and paneling, aluminum postal windows and pendant light fixtures. Photographed as part of an... More
Architectural detail of the Capitol Theatre building, also known as th...
Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. It is the largest theater in West Virginia. For many years, it has served as the home of Jamboree USA, a live country music show broad... More
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[Fort Henry Bridge] Wheeling, West Virginia
Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Credit line: West Virginia Collection within the Carol M. Highsmith Archive, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. Pur... More
The "Spirit of the American Doughboy" World War I memorial at Wheeling...
Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Credit line: West Virginia Collection within the Carol M. Highsmith Archive, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. Pur... More
176 Zane Street (House), Wheeling, Ohio County, WV
Significance: Late 19th Century frame house that is a contributing structure to the Wheeling Island Historic District. Survey number: HABS WV-272 National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 92000320
Williams Duplex Tenament, 730-732 North Main Street, Wheeling, Ohio Co...
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180 Zane Street (House), Wheeling, Ohio County, WV
Significance: Late 19th Century frame house that is a contributing structure to the Wheeling Island Historic District. Survey number: HABS WV-274 National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 92000320
174 Zane Street (House), Wheeling, Ohio County, WV
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Christian Hess House, 811 Main Street, Wheeling, Ohio County, WV
Significance: This two story building is an outstanding example of the French Renaissance, or Second Empire, style of architecture. Built in 1876 for Christian Hess, a local tailor, this house is in excellent ... More
Christian Hess House, 811 Main Street, Wheeling, Ohio County, WV
Significance: This two story building is an outstanding example of the French Renaissance, or Second Empire, style of architecture. Built in 1876 for Christian Hess, a local tailor, this house is in excellent ... More
Christian Hess House, 811 Main Street, Wheeling, Ohio County, WV
Significance: This two story building is an outstanding example of the French Renaissance, or Second Empire, style of architecture. Built in 1876 for Christian Hess, a local tailor, this house is in excellent ... More
William T. Zink Double House, 2206-2208 Market Street, Wheeling, Ohio ...
Significance: William Zink, a carpenter and undertaker in Wheeling during the late nineteenth century built this double town house about 1878. The two sections of the house are connected by a second floor room... More
Nancy Moore House, 2305 Chapline Street, Wheeling, Ohio County, WV
Significance: This house was built in 1868 for Nancy Moore. It is distinguished from the other Chapline Street Buildings studied in this survey by its smaller scale and simplicity of form and detail. The brac... More
Warwood Tool Company, Foot of Nineteenth Street, Wheeling, Ohio County...
Significance: The Warwood Tool Company makes hand tools using labor intensive forging operations, that transform raw steel into finished tools. These forging operations are the same as used when the company be... More
Warwood Tool Company, Foot of Nineteenth Street, Wheeling, Ohio County...
Significance: The Warwood Tool Company makes hand tools using labor intensive forging operations, that transform raw steel into finished tools. These forging operations are the same as used when the company be... More
Warwood Tool Company, Foot of Nineteenth Street, Wheeling, Ohio County...
Significance: The Warwood Tool Company makes hand tools using labor intensive forging operations, that transform raw steel into finished tools. These forging operations are the same as used when the company be... More
184 Zane Street (House), Wheeling, Ohio County, WV
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Wheeling Suspension Bridge, Spanning East channel of Ohio River at U.S...
Significance: Oldest vehicular suspension bridge still in operation in the world; span in excess of 1,0000 feet. First bridge built crossing the Ohio River. Originally designed and built by Charles Ellet in 1... More
Wheeling Suspension Bridge, Spanning East channel of Ohio River at U.S...
Significance: Oldest vehicular suspension bridge still in operation in the world; span in excess of 1,0000 feet. First bridge built crossing the Ohio River. Originally designed and built by Charles Ellet in 1... More
Wheeling Suspension Bridge, Spanning East channel of Ohio River at U.S...
Significance: Oldest vehicular suspension bridge still in operation in the world; span in excess of 1,0000 feet. First bridge built crossing the Ohio River. Originally designed and built by Charles Ellet in 1... More
Wheeling Suspension Bridge, Spanning East channel of Ohio River at U.S...
Significance: Oldest vehicular suspension bridge still in operation in the world; span in excess of 1,0000 feet. First bridge built crossing the Ohio River. Originally designed and built by Charles Ellet in 1... More
Holliday-Schaefer House, 2307 Chapline Street, Wheeling, Ohio County, ...
Significance: The Holliday-Schaefer House is an example of post Civil War eclectic architecture and utilizes elements of several different popular styles. The interior woodwork is beautifully executed and is i... More
Holliday-Schaefer House, 2307 Chapline Street, Wheeling, Ohio County, ...
Significance: The Holliday-Schaefer House is an example of post Civil War eclectic architecture and utilizes elements of several different popular styles. The interior woodwork is beautifully executed and is i... More
Wheeling Tile Company, Thirty-first & Wood Streets, Wheeling, Ohio Cou...
Survey number: HAER WV-76 Public domain photograph - historical image of Ohio, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Reed Building, 2125 Market Street, Wheeling, Ohio County, WV
Significance: This 1885 dry goods store has a long history of mercantile activity in the Centre Market area of Wheeling. The Market Street facade reveals a sharp distinction between the commercial and resident... More
U. S. Custom House, Market & Sixteenth Streets, Wheeling, Ohio County,...
Picryl description: Public domain photograph of a historic market square, downtown, commercial building, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
Thomas Paull House, 1314 Chapline Street, Wheeling, Ohio County, WV
Significance: Built during the 1830s, this stately home is a reminder of the time when the 1300 block of Chapline Street was an elegant neighborhood. This simple two-and-a-half story brick building displays Fe... More
Thomas Paull House, 1314 Chapline Street, Wheeling, Ohio County, WV
Significance: Built during the 1830s, this stately home is a reminder of the time when the 1300 block of Chapline Street was an elegant neighborhood. This simple two-and-a-half story brick building displays Fe... More
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad, Wheeling Freight Station, Fourteenth & Sout...
Significance: Built in 1852, the Wheeling Freight Depot, and the passenger depot which once stood adjacent to it, formed the first terminus of the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad on the Ohio River. Indeed, the B&O w... More
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad, Wheeling Freight Station, Fourteenth & Sout...
Significance: Built in 1852, the Wheeling Freight Depot, and the passenger depot which once stood adjacent to it, formed the first terminus of the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad on the Ohio River. Indeed, the B&O w... More
LaBelle Iron Works, Thirtieth & Wood Streets, Wheeling, Ohio County, W...
Significance: La Belle is the largest American cut nail factory and one of two remaining United States cut nail manufacturers. La Belle has been in business for almost 140 years and still uses the same equipme... More
LaBelle Iron Works, Thirtieth & Wood Streets, Wheeling, Ohio County, W...
Significance: La Belle is the largest American cut nail factory and one of two remaining United States cut nail manufacturers. La Belle has been in business for almost 140 years and still uses the same equipme... More
LaBelle Iron Works, Thirtieth & Wood Streets, Wheeling, Ohio County, W...
Significance: La Belle is the largest American cut nail factory and one of two remaining United States cut nail manufacturers. La Belle has been in business for almost 140 years and still uses the same equipme... More
LaBelle Iron Works, Thirtieth & Wood Streets, Wheeling, Ohio County, W...
Significance: La Belle is the largest American cut nail factory and one of two remaining United States cut nail manufacturers. La Belle has been in business for almost 140 years and still uses the same equipme... More
LaBelle Iron Works, Thirtieth & Wood Streets, Wheeling, Ohio County, W...
Significance: La Belle is the largest American cut nail factory and one of two remaining United States cut nail manufacturers. La Belle has been in business for almost 140 years and still uses the same equipme... More
LaBelle Iron Works, Thirtieth & Wood Streets, Wheeling, Ohio County, W...
Significance: La Belle is the largest American cut nail factory and one of two remaining United States cut nail manufacturers. La Belle has been in business for almost 140 years and still uses the same equipme... More
First Presbyterian Church, 1301 Chapline Street, Wheeling, Ohio County...
Significance: This may be the oldest documented building in downtown Wheeling. Noah Zane deeded the land on which this Church stands "for the use, purpose and design of erecting a meeting house or church," in ... More
Bridgeport Bridge, Spanning West Channel of Ohio River, U.S. Route 40,...
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Bridgeport Bridge, Spanning West Channel of Ohio River, U.S. Route 40,...
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Bridgeport Bridge, Spanning West Channel of Ohio River, U.S. Route 40,...
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The North Chancel Window, a stained-glass window at St. Matthew's Epis...
Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. It is a 1962 replacement by the Lamb Studio of New Jersey of a window originally given by the congregation in 1871 in memory of the ch... More
A block along the National Road in Wheeling, West Virginia, that inclu...
Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Architect Edward Bates Franzheim designed the Spanish-style building, including its shops on the first floor and adjecent annex. It op... More
One of twelve famous Madonna of the Trail statues, this one located al...
Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. The statues were commissioned by the National Society of Daughters of the American Revolution. They were installed in each of the twel... More
Edemar Mansion, later the Stifel Fine Arts Center, in Wheeling, West V...
Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. The Edemar name was a contraction of the names of is first owner, Edward W. Stifel, proprietor of one of the nation's largest makers o... More
The larger Kepner Funeral Home building, white with columns to the lef...
Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Credit line: West Virginia Collection within the Carol M. Highsmith Archive, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. Pur... More
Italianate homes along Chapline Street in downtown Wheeling, West Virg...
Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Credit line: West Virginia Collection within the Carol M. Highsmith Archive, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. Pur... More
A doe, feeling quite at home on the golf course at the Oglebay Park an...
Picryl description: Public domain image of a rural countryside landscape, agriculture, farm animals, livestock, pasture, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.
The Wheeling Suspension Bridge, also known as the Stone Arch Bridge, w...
Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Designed by Charles Ellet Jr. on the National Road, it was the first bridge to span the Ohio River. Credit line: West Virginia Collect... More
Masonic statue outside the Scottish Rite Cathedral in Wheeling, West V...
Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Credit line: West Virginia Collection within the Carol M. Highsmith Archive, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. Pur... More
The "Harrington Window," a stained-glass window at St. Matthew's Episc...
Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Created by the Lamb Studio of New Jersey and installed in 1989, the Harrington name relates to Barbara Harrington, who presented the w... More
176 Zane Street (House), Wheeling, Ohio County, WV
Significance: Late 19th Century frame house that is a contributing structure to the Wheeling Island Historic District. Survey number: HABS WV-272 National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 92000320
George W. Eckhart House, 810 Main Street, Wheeling, Ohio County, WV
Picryl description: Public domain image of a residential home interior, living room, fireplace, 19th-20th century architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
Jacob Dick House, 393 National Road, Wheeling, Ohio County, WV
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 Virg... More
174 Zane Street (House), Wheeling, Ohio County, WV
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Christian Hess House, 811 Main Street, Wheeling, Ohio County, WV
Significance: This two story building is an outstanding example of the French Renaissance, or Second Empire, style of architecture. Built in 1876 for Christian Hess, a local tailor, this house is in excellent ... More
Christian Hess House, 811 Main Street, Wheeling, Ohio County, WV
Significance: This two story building is an outstanding example of the French Renaissance, or Second Empire, style of architecture. Built in 1876 for Christian Hess, a local tailor, this house is in excellent ... More
Absalom Ridgeley House, 58 Fourteenth Street, Wheeling, Ohio County, W...
Significance: This simple two story brick structure was built about 1838 by Absalom Ridgeley and has a double end chimney. Ridgeley was an early developer of the Ohio Valley region whose early investment in th... More
William T. Zink Double House, 2206-2208 Market Street, Wheeling, Ohio ...
Significance: William Zink, a carpenter and undertaker in Wheeling during the late nineteenth century built this double town house about 1878. The two sections of the house are connected by a second floor room... More
Warwood Tool Company, Foot of Nineteenth Street, Wheeling, Ohio County...
Significance: The Warwood Tool Company makes hand tools using labor intensive forging operations, that transform raw steel into finished tools. These forging operations are the same as used when the company be... More
Warwood Tool Company, Foot of Nineteenth Street, Wheeling, Ohio County...
Significance: The Warwood Tool Company makes hand tools using labor intensive forging operations, that transform raw steel into finished tools. These forging operations are the same as used when the company be... More
Centre Market, Market Street between Twenty-second & Twenty-third Stre...
Significance: The 1853 structure was originally designed as an open market in the neo-classical style, with three aisles and cast iron Doric columns. The columns were cast by the Hamilton and Rogers Foundry, i... More
Edward Hazlett House, 823 Main Street, Wheeling, Ohio County, WV
Significance: Built by Henry K. List and his wife Sarah, wealthy citizens of Wheeling, for their daughter, Jessie L. Hazlett, the Hazlett House represents one of the residential building achievements of 1891. ... More
Edward Hazlett House, 823 Main Street, Wheeling, Ohio County, WV
Significance: Built by Henry K. List and his wife Sarah, wealthy citizens of Wheeling, for their daughter, Jessie L. Hazlett, the Hazlett House represents one of the residential building achievements of 1891. ... More
Paxton-Reed House, 100 Twelfth Street, Wheeling, Ohio County, WV
Significance: This two-story residence was built by William Paxton in 1852. His son, James Paxton, lived here when he helped draw up West Virginia's first state constitution. It exemplifies the Romano-Tuscan ... More
Theodore Klieves House, 2313 Chapline Street, Wheeling, Ohio County, W...
Significance: The Klieves brothers, Theodore and Bernard, were partners in the building and construction firm of Klieves Kraft and Company. Their success and capabilities as builders in Wheeling are apparent i... More
Theodore Klieves House, 2313 Chapline Street, Wheeling, Ohio County, W...
Significance: The Klieves brothers, Theodore and Bernard, were partners in the building and construction firm of Klieves Kraft and Company. Their success and capabilities as builders in Wheeling are apparent i... More
Wheeling Suspension Bridge, Spanning East channel of Ohio River at U.S...
Significance: Oldest vehicular suspension bridge still in operation in the world; span in excess of 1,0000 feet. First bridge built crossing the Ohio River. Originally designed and built by Charles Ellet in 1... More
Wheeling Suspension Bridge, Spanning East channel of Ohio River at U.S...
Significance: Oldest vehicular suspension bridge still in operation in the world; span in excess of 1,0000 feet. First bridge built crossing the Ohio River. Originally designed and built by Charles Ellet in 1... More
Wheeling Suspension Bridge, Spanning East channel of Ohio River at U.S...
Significance: Oldest vehicular suspension bridge still in operation in the world; span in excess of 1,0000 feet. First bridge built crossing the Ohio River. Originally designed and built by Charles Ellet in 1... More
Wheeling Suspension Bridge, Spanning East channel of Ohio River at U.S...
Significance: Oldest vehicular suspension bridge still in operation in the world; span in excess of 1,0000 feet. First bridge built crossing the Ohio River. Originally designed and built by Charles Ellet in 1... More
Wheeling Suspension Bridge, Spanning East channel of Ohio River at U.S...
Significance: Oldest vehicular suspension bridge still in operation in the world; span in excess of 1,0000 feet. First bridge built crossing the Ohio River. Originally designed and built by Charles Ellet in 1... More
Wheeling Suspension Bridge, Spanning East channel of Ohio River at U.S...
Significance: Oldest vehicular suspension bridge still in operation in the world; span in excess of 1,0000 feet. First bridge built crossing the Ohio River. Originally designed and built by Charles Ellet in 1... More
Wheeling Suspension Bridge, Spanning East channel of Ohio River at U.S...
Significance: Oldest vehicular suspension bridge still in operation in the world; span in excess of 1,0000 feet. First bridge built crossing the Ohio River. Originally designed and built by Charles Ellet in 1... More
Wheeling Suspension Bridge, Spanning East channel of Ohio River at U.S...
Significance: Oldest vehicular suspension bridge still in operation in the world; span in excess of 1,0000 feet. First bridge built crossing the Ohio River. Originally designed and built by Charles Ellet in 1... More
John. W. Kenner House, 69-71 Nineteenth Street, Wheeling, Ohio County,...
Significance: An example of an Italianate vernacular double row house. Located in the Fulton Area of Wheeling amidst several industrial businesses and probably constructed for the purposes of workers' housing.... More
Wheeling Stone Arch Bridge, Spanning Wheeling Creek at Main Street, Wh...
Survey number: HAER WV-78 Public domain photograph of a bridge, arch over water, river, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Hempfield Viaduct & Tunnel No. 1, Spanning Wheeling Creek at B&O Railr...
Survey number: HAER WV-80 Public domain photograph - historical image of Ohio, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Irwin-Brues House, 201 North Front Street, Wheeling, Ohio County, WV
Significance: This house was built for Isaac Irwin on Wheeling Island about 1853 shortly after the Wheeling Suspension Bridge opened up the island for development. The Brues family was long associated with Whe... More
U. S. Custom House, Market & Sixteenth Streets, Wheeling, Ohio County,...
Picryl description: Public domain image of a damaged, burned, or destroyed building, natural disaster, war destruction, ruins, 19th-century architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
Edgar Wells House, 2301-2303 Chapline Street, Wheeling, Ohio County, W...
Significance: This house was built by Edgar Wells, a local builder-architect associated with the firm of Klieves, Kraft and Company. Erected about 1889, it reflects Wells' fondness for rich decorative detaili... More
Edgar Wells House, 2301-2303 Chapline Street, Wheeling, Ohio County, W...
Significance: This house was built by Edgar Wells, a local builder-architect associated with the firm of Klieves, Kraft and Company. Erected about 1889, it reflects Wells' fondness for rich decorative detaili... More
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad, Wheeling Freight Station, Fourteenth & Sout...
Significance: Built in 1852, the Wheeling Freight Depot, and the passenger depot which once stood adjacent to it, formed the first terminus of the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad on the Ohio River. Indeed, the B&O w... More
178 Zane Street (House), Wheeling, Ohio County, WV
Significance: Turn of the century frame house that is a contributing structure to the Wheeling Island Historic District. Survey number: HABS WV-273 National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 92000320
LaBelle Iron Works, Thirtieth & Wood Streets, Wheeling, Ohio County, W...
Significance: La Belle is the largest American cut nail factory and one of two remaining United States cut nail manufacturers. La Belle has been in business for almost 140 years and still uses the same equipme... More
LaBelle Iron Works, Thirtieth & Wood Streets, Wheeling, Ohio County, W...
Significance: La Belle is the largest American cut nail factory and one of two remaining United States cut nail manufacturers. La Belle has been in business for almost 140 years and still uses the same equipme... More
Bridgeport Bridge, Spanning West Channel of Ohio River, U.S. Route 40,...
Public domain scan of an architecture diagram, plan, or drawing, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description.
Wheeling, West Virginia, Ohio River steamer and the Island in 1869
Photograph shows stern wheeler, the R. R. Hudson docked. Photo owned by Wm. Richardson.
Historic door detail, Federal Building and U.S. Courthouse, Wheeling, ...
Original building built in 1905-1914. New addition built in 2002-2004. Original lobby decorated with marble pilasters and paneling, aluminum postal windows and pendant light fixtures. Photographed as part of an... More
The golf course at the Oglebay Park and Resort in Wheeling, West Virgi...
Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Oglebay Park is a self-supporting public municipal park, the only one of its kind. It has been open to the public since 1928, when the... More
Historic courtroom, Federal Building and U.S. Courthouse, Wheeling, We...
Original building built in 1905-1914. New addition built in 2002-2004. Original lobby decorated with marble pilasters and paneling, aluminum postal windows and pendant light fixtures. Photographed as part of an... More
Camp Russel at the Oglebay Park and Resort in Wheeling, West Virginia
Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. The single log building by that name was constructed in the 1930s by the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC). Its size is deceiving. It ... More
Gravestones and the chapel building at Mount Calvary Cemetery, adjacen...
Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Credit line: West Virginia Collection within the Carol M. Highsmith Archive, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. Pur... More
The Vigilant Engine House in Wheeling, West Virginia's Old Town north ...
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Italianate homes along Chapline Street in downtown Wheeling, West Virg...
Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Credit line: West Virginia Collection within the Carol M. Highsmith Archive, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. Pur... More
View of downtown Wheeling, West Virginia, from Wheeling Island, part o...
Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Credit line: West Virginia Collection within the Carol M. Highsmith Archive, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. Pur... More
John Thoner House, 2238 Market Street, Wheeling, Ohio County, WV
Significance: John A. Thoner, an immigrant from Germany, built this combination residence and store about 1877. It is a narrow two-and-a-half story brick structure with a steeply pitched roof. Two cornice lin... More
George W. Eckhart House, 810 Main Street, Wheeling, Ohio County, WV
Public domain photograph of decorated panel, decor, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
William Goering House, 701 Main Street, Wheeling, Ohio County, WV
Significance: This Second Empire Style house was built about 1883. It has a high mansard roof, dormer windows and is asymmetrically massed. It is a gracious house with careful interior detailing. It was buil... More
Christian Hess House, 811 Main Street, Wheeling, Ohio County, WV
Significance: This two story building is an outstanding example of the French Renaissance, or Second Empire, style of architecture. Built in 1876 for Christian Hess, a local tailor, this house is in excellent ... More