National Register of Historic Places

Wheeling Warehouse Historic District

Wheeling, Ohio County, West Virginia
Listed
December 16, 2002
Type
District
Period
Listed
Ref No.
02001530

About this property

Wheeling Warehouse Historic District is a national historic district located at Wheeling, Ohio County, West Virginia. The district includes 20 contributing buildings and 11 contributing structures. They are warehouses and commercial style buildings and structures between Main Street and the Ohio River. All of the buildings date to the late-19th and early-20th century. The warehouses are mostly two- and three-story masonry buildings. The two-story commercial buildings have storefronts on the first floor and residential units above. Notable buildings and structures include the Pump Store (1933), Wheeling Stamping Plant (1932), Allied Plate Glass (c. 1920), Warwick China (c. 1887), Boury Warehouse (c. 1894), Ott-Heiskell Company (c. 1871), Edward Wagner Wholesale Grocers building (1915), the Moderne style former Greyhound Bus Station, and Main Street Bridge (1891). It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2002, with a boundary increase in 2022.

Location

Wheeling, Ohio County, West Virginia
40.06195, -80.72203

Categories

TRANSPORTATIONINDUSTRYCOMMERCEARCHITECTURE
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Sources

Property data from the National Register of Historic Places, National Park Service (public domain).

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Nearby Historic Sites

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Nearby Battles

Battle of Fort Henry (1782)
1782Revolutionary War
0.1 mi
First Siege of Fort Henry (Wheeling)
1777Revolutionary War
0.1 mi

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When was Wheeling Warehouse Historic District listed on the National Register?

Wheeling Warehouse Historic District was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on December 16, 2002.

What type of historic resource is Wheeling Warehouse Historic District?

Wheeling Warehouse Historic District is classified as a district in the National Register of Historic Places.

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