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Wheeling was settled in 1769 in land contested between colonial Pennsylvania and Virginia, and later grew to become Virginia's largest city west of the Appalachians. During the American Civil War , Wheeling was the host of the Wheeling Conventions that led to the separation of West Virginia from Virginia and served as the state capital from ...
Wheeling becomes capital of the new state of West Virginia. [2] West Virginia Legislature convenes. [14] Daily Register newspaper begins publication. [7] 1865 – St. Joseph's Academy for girls established. [6] 1866 – Greenwood Cemetery established. [15] 1870 West Virginia capital relocated from Wheeling to Charleston. [1] Population: 19,280 ...
The Henry K. List House, also known as the Wheeling-Moundsville Chapter of the American Red Cross, is a historic home located at 827 Main Street in Wheeling, Ohio County, West Virginia. It was built in 1858, and consists of a two-story square main block with an offset two-story rear wing.
The following are approximate tallies of current listings by county. These counts are based on entries in the National Register Information Database as of April 24, 2008 [2] and new weekly listings posted since then on the National Register of Historic Places web site. [3]
Following Virginia's secession from the Union in 1861, the Restored Government of Virginia was established at Wheeling during the American Civil War. [9] Despite West Virginia receiving Union statehood on June 20, 1863, sympathies and loyalties within the state's borders remained divided, especially within areas economically dependent upon the ...
North Wheeling Historic District is a national historic district located at Wheeling, Ohio County, West Virginia. The district encompasses 134 contributing buildings and one contributing object in a 2 1/2-block section of northern Wheeling, known as "Old Town". Most of the district consists of mid-to late-19th-century residential buildings.
After Lydia Boggs Shepherd Cruger died in 1867, the vast Shepherd plantation was sold off into lots, thus becoming the area known as Elm Grove in Wheeling, West Virginia. Shepherd Hall was purchased in 1870 by Alonzo Loring (1820–1898) and his wife, Mary Caldwell (née Chapline) Patterson Loring (1830–1887), and changed its name to Monument ...
Centre Market Square Historic District is a historic district in Wheeling, West Virginia, listed on the National Register of Historic Places.. The district includes 181 contributing buildings in a variety of popular architectural styles dating from as early as about 1850.