Roughly bounded by Main Street Terrace, Market St., Interstate 70, and N. Main St.; also roughly bounded by 6th, Main, and Market Sts., and Main St. Terrace; also inclusive of area encompassed by Northern Pkwy, Ohio R., 6th St., and bluff to the east, Wheeling, West Virginia. County/parish: Ohio.
Added to the National Register of Historic Places December 09, 1988. NRIS 100008073.
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).
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1988, with boundary increases in 2008 and 2022.
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