Wheeling Island Historic District

Wheeling Island Historic District
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
U.S. Historic district

Wheeling Island, December 2006

Location:	Roughly bounded by Stone, Front, North, Ontario, Erie and Wabash Sts., Wheeling, West Virginia
Area:	370 acres (150 ha)
Architectural style:	Bungalow/craftsman, Italianate, Queen Anne
Governing body:	Private
NRHP Reference#:	92000320^[1]
Added to NRHP:	April 2, 1992

Wheeling Island Historic District is a national historic district located at Wheeling, Ohio County, West Virginia. The district includes 1,110 contributing buildings, 5 contributing sites, 2 contributing structures, and 3 contributing objects. It is a largely residential district consisting of two-story, frame detached dwellings built in the mid- to late-19th and early-20th century, including the Irwin-Brues House (1853) and a number of houses on Zane Street. The houses are representative of a number of popular architectural styles including Bungalow, Italianate, Queen Anne, and Colonial Revival. Notable non-residential contributing properties include the Exposition Building (1924), Thompson United Methodist Church (1913-1915), Madison School (1916), firehouse (1930-1931), Bridgeport Bridge (1893), Aetnaville Bridge (1891), "The Marina," Wheeling Island Baseball Park, and "Belle Island Park." It includes the separately listed Wheeling Suspension Bridge, Harry C. and Jessie F. Franzheim House, and John McLure House.^[2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1992.^[1]

References

^ ^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.
^ Patricia A. Sands (September 1991). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Wheeling Island Historic Districtl". State of West Virginia, West Virginia Division of Culture and History, Historic Preservation. http://www.wvculture.org/shpo/nr/pdf/ohio/92000320.pdf. Retrieved 2011-09-01.

External links

Irwin-Brues House, 201 North Front Street, Wheeling, Ohio, WV: 7 photos, 8 data pages, and 1 photo caption page at Historic American Building Survey
174 Zane Street (House), Wheeling, Ohio, WV: 10 photos, 4 data pages, and 3 photo caption pages at Historic American Building Survey
176 Zane Street (House), Wheeling, Ohio, WV: 6 photos, 4 data pages, and 4 photo caption pages at Historic American Building Survey
178 Zane Street (House), Wheeling, Ohio, WV: 5 photos, 4 data pages, and 3 photo caption pages at Historic American Building Survey
180 Zane Street (House), Wheeling, Ohio, WV: 6 photos, 5 data pages, and 4 photo caption pages at Historic American Building Survey
182 Zane Street (House), Wheeling, Ohio, WV: 9 photos, 5 data pages, and 5 photo caption pages at Historic American Building Survey
184 Zane Street (House), Wheeling, Ohio, WV: 7 photos, 5 data pages, and 4 photo caption pages at Historic American Building Survey
Wheeling Suspension Bridge, Spanning East channel of Ohio River at U.S. Route 40, Wheeling, Ohio, WV: 4 drawings, 56 photos, 31 data pages, 5 photo caption pages, and 10 color transparencies at Historic American Building Survey
Bridgeport Bridge, Spanning West Channel of Ohio River, U.S. Route 40, Wheeling, Ohio, WV: 3 drawings, 28 photos, 2 data pages, and 6 photo caption pages at Historic American Building Survey

U.S. National Register of Historic Places in West Virginia

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National Register of Historic Places in Ohio County, West Virginia

National Historic Landmarks	West Virginia Independence Hall Wheeling Suspension Bridge

Historic districts	Center Market Square Chapline Street Row East Wheeling Highland Park Monroe Street East National Road Corridor North Wheeling Wheeling Wheeling Island Wheeling Warehouse Woodsdale-Edgewood Neighborhood

Other properties	Beagle Hotel Carter Farm Cathedral Parish School Center Wheeling Market Edemar Elm Grove Stone Arch Bridge Elm Hill Feay Inn Fischer-Lasch Farmhouse Harry C. and Jessie F. Franzheim House L. S. Good House Robert W. Hazlett House La Belle Iron Works Lang-Hess House Henry K. List House Johnson Camden McKinley House John McClure House Mount de Chantal Visitation Academy Mount Saint Joseph National Road Mile Markers H.C. Ogden House Oglebay Mansion Museum Charles W. Russell House Shaw Hall Shepherd Hall Shotwell Hall David Stewart Farm Stone Tavern at Roney's Point William Miles Tiernan House Warwood Fire Station West Liberty Presbyterian Church Wheeling B&O Railroad Passenger Station Wheeling Country Club Woodridge Robert C. Woods House

See also: National Register of Historic Places listings in Ohio County, West Virginia and List of National Historic Landmarks in West Virginia