Eoff Street

Table of Contents

[#x-1216 Eoff 1216 Eoff]

[#x-St Joseph Cathedral St Joseph Cathedral]

[#x-Formosa Apts Formosa Apts]

[#x-1414 Eoff - Reymann Estate 1414 Eoff - Reymann Estate]

[#x-15th and Eoff - City Jail 15th and Eoff - City Jail]

[#x-1610 Eoff - Old Central Fire Station 1610 Eoff - Old Central Fire Station]

[#x-3600 Eoff - St. Stephens United Church of Christ 3600 Eoff - St. Stephens United Church of Christ]

1216 Eoff

Built 1920 - 3 story office/apts

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St Joseph Cathedral

1300 Eoff
  This building is shown in an etching and a photo in A History of the Diocese of Wheeling-Charleston 1850-2000 by T.T. Pyne, but is identified as ST JAMES CATHEDRAL. Which is correct? 
 

The Catholic community of Wheeling and WV grew from a small church on the corner of 11th and Chapline, built in 1821 on land donated by Noah Zane, In 1847 Bishop Richard Whelan laid the cornerstone for a new Cathedral which was dedicated in 1849. The gothic style building was 150 ft long and 80 ft wide with a cross on the spire rising 210 feet above ground. By 1879 the congregation was 3,000 and by 1921 was 4,000 to 5,000. From Wheeling News Register March 20, 1921, quoted in [/References Rhodes, 1999]. This Cathedral was razed in 1923 and the existing St. Joseph Cathedral was built on the same site. Note that the building to the right of this old cathedral (left) and the new one (below) is the same structure.

This massive, domed cathedral bears the same name as the spired building above. The old cathedral was replaced by this ore opulent one with a large dome in 1926. The architect was Edward J. Weber of Pittsburgh and the style is Lombard Romanesque; it is constructed of Indiana limestone. In 1995 a $3,000,000 renovation cleaned stained glass windows, murals and stonework, as well as updating of mechanical and electrical systems. Info from [/References Pyne, 2000]
both cards from Chuck Julian postcard collection

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Formosa Apts

1305-7 Eoff 
 

1912 postcard from Chuck Julian collection. Note the removal of the ornate cornice and balconies, reducing the elegance of this once classic building.

A semi-side view

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1414 Eoff - Reymann Estate

Final home of brewer and philanthropist Anton Reymann (1837-1924). Only the carriage house remains, now used for Padden's Pharmacy. Has round windows and embedded designs.
  Information from Sunday News-Register, Nov 23, 2008. 

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15th and Eoff - City Jail

Was this the location of the massively turreted jail?
 
  From Artwork of Wheeling (1904). Ohio Country Public Library
  Jail visible in background of some images of old City-County Building.

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1610 Eoff - Old Central Fire Station

Now the Soup Kitchen
 

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3600 Eoff - St. Stephens United Church of Christ

Built 1875. South Wheeling
  Now called Stonewood Abbey. A fund-raising campaign is underway to restore the structure.
 

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