Center Wheeling Market

Center Wheeling Market
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
The Center Wheeling Market in 2010.
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Location	Market St. between 22nd and 23rd Sts., Wheeling, West Virginia
Coordinates	40°3′32″N 80°43′27″W / 40.05889°N 80.72417°W / 40.05889; -80.72417Coordinates: 40°3′32″N 80°43′27″W / 40.05889°N 80.72417°W / 40.05889; -80.72417
Area	0.6 acres (0.24 ha)
Built	1853
Architect	Pope, Thomas; Franzheim, Edward B.
Architectural style	Romanesque, Neo-Classical
NRHP Reference #	75001896[1]
Added to NRHP	February 20, 1975

The Center Wheeling Market is a historic public market located along Market Street between 22nd and 23rd Streets in Wheeling, Ohio County, West Virginia. It consists of the Center Wheeling Market building as well as the Center Wheeling Fish Market. The 1853 Center Wheeling Market building was designed by architect Thomas Pope as an open market. The building is of neo-classical style with three bays and structural cast iron Doric order columns. It has a gable roof and features a belfry complete with bell. The 1890 open brick, neo-Romanesque section was designed by Wheeling architect Edward B. Franzheim. It has brick piers that support a hipped roof with cross gables and a three-foot overhang. In 1900, a wooden enclosure was built at the northern bay to house the Center Wheeling Fish Market.^[2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places for Ohio County on February 20, 1975. The property is also located in the Centre Market Square Historic District.^[1]

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  Center Wheeling Fish Market in 1977

References

External links

• Media related to Center Wheeling Market at Wikimedia Commons
• Historic American Engineering Record (HAER) No. WV-26, "Centre Market, Market Street between Twenty-second & Twenty-third Streets, Wheeling, Ohio County, WV", 15 photos, 2 measured drawings, 3 data pages, 2 photo caption pages

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

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