Main Street

1000 Chapline Block

Main St from 1870 map

This is the major street of traditional Wheeling. It is the first street east of the Ohio River (at least north of 10th St) and used to be the major street for commerce and much industry. The north end contains some of the finest Victorian period homes in Wheeling and the downtown area used to bustle with sidewalks full of fashionably dressed shoppers. And then came the mall.
The odd numbers are on the west side - river-facing.

Main St - 0 block - Augusta Levy Learning Center
Main St - 100 block - Old Wheeling Hospital site
Main St - 300 block
Main St - 500 block
Main St - 600, even numbers
Main St - 600, odd numbers
Main St - 700, even numbers
Main St - 700, odd numbers
Main St - 800, even numbers
Main St - 800, odd numbers - Pollack Memorial Monument
Main St - 900 block - Wheeling Marsh Stoggies Building
Main St - 1000 - Capital Theater, Stone & Thomas, Mull Center
Main St - 1100
Main St - 1200, odd numbers - National Bank of West Virginia
Main St - 1200, even numbers
Main St - 1300
Main St - 1400
Main St - 1500, odd numbers - Wheeling Iron & Steel (flat-iron building)
Main St - 1600 - Baer Grocer, Main St Bridge
Main St - 2100 - Wheeling Stamping Building
Main St - 2200 - Stroehmann's Bakery (demolished or abandoned? need to dry by to check).
Main St - 2300 - Imperial Warehouse

North Wheeling was the home to many of the people involved with steamboats in the 19th century. Here is an article by Janell Hunter. Sept 18, 2016.Steamboat History of North Wheeling

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