Cathedral Parish School

Cathedral Parish School
Wheeling Catholic Elementary (2006)
Location: Jct. of 14th and Byron Sts., Wheeling, West Virginia
Area: less than one acre
Built: 1896
Architectural style: Late Gothic Revival
Governing body: Private
NRHP Reference#: 96001572[1]
Added to NRHP: January 9, 1997

Cathedral Parish School, now known as Wheeling Catholic Elementary, is a historic elementary school building located at Wheeling, Ohio County, West Virginia. It was built in 1896-1897, to service the St. Joseph Cathedral parish. A gymnasium addition was built in 1939. It is a three-story brick building, with an elevated first floor. It sits on a sandstone base. It features a center square tower with a pyramidal roof and Late Gothic Revival details.[2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1997. It is located in the East Wheeling Historic District.[1]

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References

  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. 2010-07-09. http://nrhp.focus.nps.gov/natreg/docs/All_Data.html. 
  2. ^ Katherine Jourdan (August 1996). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Cathedral Parish School". State of West Virginia, West Virginia Division of Culture and History, Historic Preservation. http://www.wvculture.org/shpo/nr/pdf/ohio/96001572.pdf. Retrieved 2011-08-29.