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
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
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
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
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
Dr. John Frissell House, 54 Fourteenth Street, Wheeling, Ohio County, ...
Significance: Built about 1835, the Frissell House is one of the oldest structures in downtown Wheeling. It is a simple three bay brick house with a double end chimney. The only decorative detail is the cast ... 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
Ohio River Lock & Dam No. 12, Wheeling, Ohio County, WV
Survey number: HAER WV-89 Public domain photograph of ferry, steam boat, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Ohio River Lock & Dam No. 12, Wheeling, Ohio County, WV
Survey number: HAER WV-89 Public domain photograph of river bank, water, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
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
Vigilant Engine House, 648-650 Main Street, Wheeling, Ohio County, WV
Significance: This fire house is the second built on this site. It was home to Vigilant Steam Fire Engine Company Number 3, one of the four original city fire companies. The present structure was built to rep... 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
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,...
Public domain photograph of excavation, bulldozer, land management, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Main Street, Main Street (West Side) between Fourteenth & Sixteenth, W...
Survey number: HABS WV-205 Public domain photograph of a city streets, cityscape, urban environment, buildings, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
The Victoria Theater in Wheeling, West Virginia. Opened in 1904, Victo...
Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. An 800-seat Victorian style theater with many Beaux-Arts design influences, the Victoria Theater, originally known as the Victoria Vau... More
Small gateway house at Wheeling Park in Wheeling, West Virginia. The 4...
Picryl description: Public domain image of a residential building, house, 19th-20th century architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
Historic courtroom lamp detail, Federal Building and U.S. Courthouse, ...
Public domain photograph - historical image of West Virginia, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
St. Michael Roman Catholic Church, which opened in 1952 in Wheeling, W...
Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. The late-Gothic Revival-style church was designed by a priest, Father Michael McInerney, who designed more than 500 church buildings f... More
The western, or Wheeling Island, arched entryway to the Wheeling Suspe...
Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Designed by Charles Ellet Jr., who also worked on the Niagara Falls Suspension Bridge, the Wheeling bridge was the first to span the O... More
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[Mansion House Museum, Oglebay Park, Wheeling, West Virginia]
Credit line: West Virginia Collection within the Carol M. Highsmith Archive, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. Purchase; Carol M. Highsmith Photography, Inc.; 2015; (DLC/PP-2015:055). Forms... More
George W. Eckhart House, 810 Main Street, Wheeling, Ohio County, WV
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George W. Eckhart House, 810 Main Street, Wheeling, Ohio County, WV
Public domain photograph - historical image of Ohio, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
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.
Williams Duplex Tenament, 730-732 North Main Street, Wheeling, Ohio Co...
Picryl description: Public domain image of a victorian era building, victorian house, 19th 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
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
Public domain photograph - historical image of Ohio, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
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
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
Warwick China Manufacturing Company, Twenty-first & Water Streets, Whe...
Survey number: HAER WV-77 Public domain photograph - historic landmark, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
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
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
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
Dr. John Frissell House, 54 Fourteenth Street, Wheeling, Ohio County, ...
Significance: Built about 1835, the Frissell House is one of the oldest structures in downtown Wheeling. It is a simple three bay brick house with a double end chimney. The only decorative detail is the cast ... More
184 Zane Street (House), Wheeling, Ohio County, WV
Public domain photograph - historical image of Ohio, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
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
Joseph Speidel & Company Building, 1417 Main Street, Wheeling, Ohio Co...
Significance: Joseph Speidel and Company had the largest wholesale grocery business in West Virginia during the last quarter of the nineteenth century. This building, which was the company's first warehouse, i... 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
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
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,...
Picryl description: Public domain vintage artistic photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.
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,...
Picryl description: Public domain image of a bridge, water, historic structure, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
Wheeling Project, 1976, Wheeling, Ohio County, WV
Significance: The Wheeling area was first settled in 1769 by Colonel Ebenezer Zane. On May 4, 1836 Wheeling was incorporated as a city. During the second quarter of the nineteenth century Wheeling became the ... More
Wilson Lodge, a 271-room lodge in Wheeling, West Virginia's, Oglebay P...
Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. The park has been open to the public since 1928, when the park's governing body, the Wheeling Park Commission, began operations at the... More
Echo Manor, one of several grand homes on or near Echo Point, a cul-de...
Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. This home is now (2015) the headquarters of a law firm. Credit line: West Virginia Collection within the Carol M. Highsmith Archive, L... More
Attractive building at 96 12th Street in Wheeling, West Virginia's Mon...
Public domain photograph - historical image of West Virginia, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
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
Bank of Wheeling, 1229 Main Street, Wheeling, Ohio County, WV
Significance: Built in 1892 for the Bank of Wheeling this rusticated stone facade was a good example of Richardsonian Romanesque architecture. The firm of Edward B. Franzheim, one of Wheeling's most successful... More
George W. Eckhart House, 810 Main Street, Wheeling, Ohio County, WV
Public domain image of a large historic building, city hall, urban architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description
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
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
Public domain photograph - historical image of Ohio, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
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
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
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
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