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| − | [[Image:802-804mainsm.jpg|802-804mainsm.jpg]][[Image:802-4MainSM.jpg|802-4MainSM.jpg]]<br /> 802 and 804 Main were built in about 1880 by Jacob Wise, a Wheeling grocer. 802 has a National Historic Register placque stating that it is the Jacob Wise house. In 1895 Charles Elig, a carriage maker bought 802. Elig was born in Wheeling the son of Adam Elig. Charles married a daughter of Jacob Zillis and had three children - Dorothy, Emma and Charles J., Jr. The attended St. John's German Independent Protestant church. <br /> The 1980s photo is from a story of that uncertain date in the Wheeling News Register. If you can't read the small print, the most interesting bit is that 802 and 804 were built simultaneously by friends, who parted company after finishing the 2nd floor, and went their separate ways on the 3rd floor!<br /> <br /> Sources: <br /> [ | + | [[Image:802-804mainsm.jpg|802-804mainsm.jpg]][[Image:802-4MainSM.jpg|802-4MainSM.jpg]]<br /> 802 and 804 Main were built in about 1880 by Jacob Wise, a Wheeling grocer. 802 has a National Historic Register placque stating that it is the Jacob Wise house. In 1895 Charles Elig, a carriage maker bought 802. Elig was born in Wheeling the son of Adam Elig. Charles married a daughter of Jacob Zillis and had three children - Dorothy, Emma and Charles J., Jr. The attended St. John's German Independent Protestant church. <br /> The 1980s photo is from a story of that uncertain date in the Wheeling News Register. If you can't read the small print, the most interesting bit is that 802 and 804 were built simultaneously by friends, who parted company after finishing the 2nd floor, and went their separate ways on the 3rd floor!<br /> <br /> Sources: <br /> [[References|Cranmer (1902)]]<br /> [[References|Pavilack and Fluty (1990)]]<br /> |
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802 Main
802 and 804 Main were built in about 1880 by Jacob Wise, a Wheeling grocer. 802 has a National Historic Register placque stating that it is the Jacob Wise house. In 1895 Charles Elig, a carriage maker bought 802. Elig was born in Wheeling the son of Adam Elig. Charles married a daughter of Jacob Zillis and had three children - Dorothy, Emma and Charles J., Jr. The attended St. John's German Independent Protestant church.
The 1980s photo is from a story of that uncertain date in the Wheeling News Register. If you can't read the small print, the most interesting bit is that 802 and 804 were built simultaneously by friends, who parted company after finishing the 2nd floor, and went their separate ways on the 3rd floor!
Sources:
Cranmer (1902)
Pavilack and Fluty (1990)
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