National Register of Historic Places

Ogden, H. C., House

Wheeling, Ohio County, West Virginia
Listed
July 11, 1990
Type
Building
Period
Industrial
Ref No.
90001067

About this property

H. C. Ogden House, also known as the Wise-Ogden House, is a historic home located at Wheeling, Ohio County, West Virginia. It was built in 1893, and is a 2+1⁄2-story, T-shaped, Queen Anne-style frame dwelling. It features a deep, full-width front porch with Doric order columns, a round tower with domed roof, and coursed wood shingles. The house has 5 bedrooms, 4 bathrooms, 1 half-bath, 1 kitchen, and 9 additional rooms. The house was built for Herschel Coombs Ogden (1869-1943), a publisher, community leader, and businessman significant in the history of West Virginia. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1990. It is located in the Woodsdale-Edgwood Neighborhood Historic District.

Location

12 Park Rd.
Wheeling, Ohio County, West Virginia
40.08754, -80.69506

Categories

ARCHITECTURECOMMUNICATIONS
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Sources

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Nearby Historic Sites

McKinley, Johnson Camden, House
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0.1 mi
Wheeling Country Club
Civil War
0.7 mi
Tiernan, William Miles, House
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0.8 mi
Woodsdale-Edgewood Neighborhood Historic District
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0.8 mi
Fischer-Lasch Farmhouse
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0.9 mi

Nearby Battles

Second Siege of Fort Henry (1782)
1782Revolutionary War
2 mi

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When was Ogden, H. C., House listed on the National Register?

Ogden, H. C., House was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on July 11, 1990.

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Ogden, H. C., House is classified as a building in the National Register of Historic Places.

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The period of significance for Ogden, H. C., House is recorded as the industrial era.

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