Market St - 1400
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Looking north up 1400 block of Market St. 1930s?
Same scene as above with Rex Theater (1422 Market) on right. The Bing Crosby movie, Here Comes the Groom dates this to 1951. The green Brown Tailors sign on the top card is faded in the lower one.
Postcards from Chuck Julian collection.
1416 Market - McGhee Building
Lovely colonaded upper stories. Until recently McGhee Office Supplies and Furniture.
Photos from 1978 from Natl Register of Historic Places nomination for Wheeling Central Business District.
Offerred in 2012 for $49,900.
1419 Market Street - Bruce-Kain Building
c. 1870, Italianate style
1421 Market Street - Charles Hanke Building
c. 1870, Italianate style.
1425 Market Street - Vames Building
c. 1895, Victorian and Neo-Classical style with Medieval overtones.
1431 Market Street - Commercial Building
c. 1900, Victorian and Neo-Classical architecture.
Offered for $85,000 in 2012.
Tin Pan Alley
Behind 1429 Market Street. Zeller's night club, active from 20s thru 1970s with 3 floors of live entertainment. The 70s music scene. Part of brick wall collapsed in March 2015, making at least partial demolition likely.
