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<div id="content_view" class="wiki" style="display: block"> Wheeling has a long and colorful history. There are two ways to approach it - by walking or driving street by street, or by looking at types of structures, periods of history or other themes. Here is the beginning of a series of thematic lists of worthwhile sights. These are not close enough for walking tours, but some are and will be clumped together later.<br /> <br /> | <div id="content_view" class="wiki" style="display: block"> Wheeling has a long and colorful history. There are two ways to approach it - by walking or driving street by street, or by looking at types of structures, periods of history or other themes. Here is the beginning of a series of thematic lists of worthwhile sights. These are not close enough for walking tours, but some are and will be clumped together later.<br /> <br /> | ||
===Pre-Civil War Wheeling=== | ===Pre-Civil War Wheeling=== | ||
| − | [[Image:MonumentPl-ShepardMan500pi.jpg|MonumentPl-ShepardMan500pi.jpg]]1798: [ | + | [[Image:MonumentPl-ShepardMan500pi.jpg|MonumentPl-ShepardMan500pi.jpg]]1798: [[Monument%20Place|Shepherd Hall]]<br /> [[Elm%20Grove%20Stone%20Bridge|[[Image:OldStBr-ElmGr500pi.jpg|OldStBr-ElmGr500pi.jpg]]]]1817: [[Elm%20Grove%20Stone%20Bridge|Elm Grove Stone Bridge]]<br /> [[First%20Presbyterian%20Church|[[Image:1307Chapline-1stPresbyterian-sm.jpg|1307Chapline-1stPresbyterian-sm.jpg]]]]1821-5: [[First%20Presbyterian%20Church|First Presbyterian Church]]<br /> ~1828: [http://flickr.com/photos/rpstanton/2476134619/in/set-72157605606977564/ Old stone tavern] on National Road in Elm Grove. [[References|Milton (1943)]], p. 24<br /> [[653%20Main|[[Image:653Main.JPG|653Main.JPG]]]] 1831: [[653%20Main|Phillips House]]<br /> [[Church%20of%20God%20%26%20Saints%20of%20Christ|[[Image:ChGodStChrist600.jpg|ChGodStChrist600.jpg]]]] 1837: [[Church%20of%20God%20%26%20Saints%20of%20Christ|Church of God & Saints of Christ]]<br /> 1939: [[629%20Main|629 Main]] Dunbar House<br /> 1842: [[Peninsula%20Cemetery|Peninsula Cemetery]]<br /> 1846: [[742%20Main|742 Main]]<br /> 1848: [[75%2012th%20St|Charles Russell House]]<br /> 1849: [[Wheeling%20Suspension%20Bridge|Wheeling Suspension Bridge]]<br /> ~1849: 847 Main - Sweeney Mansion<br /> pre-1850: [[Main%20St%20-%20900%20block|Jacob Rhodes House]]<br /> 1850: Isaac Irwin House - 201 North [[Front%20Street|Front Street]], Wheeling Island<br /> 1853: Centre Market<br /> <br /> |
===Civil War Wheeling=== | ===Civil War Wheeling=== | ||
| − | 1854: [ | + | 1854: [[Market%20St%20-%201500|Custom House - Independence Hall]]<br /> 1862: [[Main%20St%20-%201000|Colvig Building]]<br /> 1864: Zinn Building (1001 Main St)<br /> ~1865: Mount de Chantal main building<br /> <br /> |
===Victorian Wheeling=== | ===Victorian Wheeling=== | ||
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1852: LaBelle Ironworks<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> | 1852: LaBelle Ironworks<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> | ||
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Latest revision as of 19:59, 23 April 2018
Wheeling has a long and colorful history. There are two ways to approach it - by walking or driving street by street, or by looking at types of structures, periods of history or other themes. Here is the beginning of a series of thematic lists of worthwhile sights. These are not close enough for walking tours, but some are and will be clumped together later.
Pre-Civil War Wheeling
1798: Shepherd Hall
[[Elm Grove Stone Bridge|
]]1817: Elm Grove Stone Bridge
[[First Presbyterian Church|
]]1821-5: First Presbyterian Church
~1828: Old stone tavern on National Road in Elm Grove. Milton (1943), p. 24
[[653 Main|
]] 1831: Phillips House
[[Church of God & Saints of Christ|
]] 1837: Church of God & Saints of Christ
1939: 629 Main Dunbar House
1842: Peninsula Cemetery
1846: 742 Main
1848: Charles Russell House
1849: Wheeling Suspension Bridge
~1849: 847 Main - Sweeney Mansion
pre-1850: Jacob Rhodes House
1850: Isaac Irwin House - 201 North Front Street, Wheeling Island
1853: Centre Market
Civil War Wheeling
1854: Custom House - Independence Hall
1862: Colvig Building
1864: Zinn Building (1001 Main St)
~1865: Mount de Chantal main building
Victorian Wheeling
Industrial Wheeling
1852: LaBelle Ironworks
