North Wheeling Historic District

North Wheeling Historic District is a national historic district located at Wheeling, Ohio County, West Virginia. The district encompasses 134 contributing buildings and one contributing object in a 2 1/2-block section of northern Wheeling, known as "Old Town". Most of the district consists of mid-to late-19th-century residential buildings. A number of popular architectural styles are represented, including Greek Revival, Italianate, and Late Victorian. Notable buildings include the Vigilant Engine House (c. 1891), William Goering House (1885), Alfred Paull House (1880s), Williams Duplex Tenement (1880–1884), George W. Eckhart House (1891–1892), Christian Hess House (1876), Edward Hazlett House (1893), Henry K. List House (1858). The object is the Pollack Memorial Monument (1916).^[2][3]

North Wheeling Historic District
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
U.S. Historic district
Buildings in North Wheeling, March 2023
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Location	Roughly bounded by Main Street Ter., Market St., Interstate 70, and N. Main St., Wheeling, West Virginia
Coordinates	40°4′28″N 80°43′29″W / 40.07444°N 80.72472°W / 40.07444; -80.72472
Area	15 acres (6.1 ha)
Architect	Howard, S.M.; Et al.
Architectural style	Greek Revival, Late Victorian, Italianate
NRHP reference No.	88002693^[1] (original) 07001419 (increase 1) 100008073 (increase 2)
Significant dates
Added to NRHP	December 9, 1988
Boundary increases	January 17, 2008 August 29, 2022

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1988, with boundary increases in 2008 and 2022.^[1]

References

1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. November 2, 2013.
2. Paul D. Marshall (June 1988). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: North Wheeling Historic District" (PDF). State of West Virginia, West Virginia Division of Culture and History, Historic Preservation. Retrieved September 1, 2011.
3. Jennifer Loustau (March 2007). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: North Wheeling Historic District (boundary increase)" (PDF). State of West Virginia, West Virginia Division of Culture and History, Historic Preservation. Retrieved September 1, 2011.

External links

All of the following are located in Wheeling, Ohio County, WV:

• Historic American Buildings Survey (HABS) No. WV-196, "Vigilant Engine House, 648-650 Main Street", 5 photos, 3 color transparencies, 3 measured drawings, 8 data pages, 2 photo caption pages
• HABS No. WV-206, "William Goering House, 701 Main Street", 4 photos, 1 color transparency, 6 data pages, 1 photo caption page
• HABS No. WV-255, "Alfred Paull House, 729 North Main Street", 7 photos, 1 color transparency, 13 data pages, 2 photo caption pages
• HABS No. WV-254, "Williams Duplex Tenement, 730-732 North Main Street", 6 photos, 1 color transparency, 13 data pages, 2 photo caption pages
• HABS No. WV-253, "George W. Eckhart House, 810 Main Street", 20 photos, 2 color transparencies, 5 measured drawings, 21 data pages, 3 photo caption pages
• HABS No. WV-207, "Christian Hess House, 811 Main Street", 17 photos, 6 color transparencies, 2 measured drawings, 8 data pages, 3 photo caption pages
• HABS No. WV-252, "Edward Hazlett House, 823 Main Street", 25 photos, 1 color transparency, 6 measured drawings, 27 data pages, 3 photo caption pages
• HABS No. WV-208, "Henry K. List House, 827 Main Street", 3 photos, 5 data pages, 1 photo caption page