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Wheeling station (West Virginia)

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United States historic place
Wheeling Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Passenger Station
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
U.S. Historic district
Contributing property
West Virginia Northern Community College
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LocationWheeling, West Virginia
Coordinates40°3′48″N 80°43′18″W / 40.06333°N 80.72167°W / 40.06333; -80.72167
Built1908
ArchitectM.A. Long
Architectural styleBeaux Arts
NRHP reference No.79002596
Added to NRHPMarch 26, 1979

Wheeling station is a U.S. historic train station located at Wheeling, Ohio County, West Virginia. It was built in 1907–1908, and is a four-story, rectangular brick and limestone building in the Beaux-Arts-style. It measures 250 feet long by 89 feet, 6 inches, deep. It features mansard roofs, built of concrete and covered with Spanish tile painted pink. Passenger service ceased in 1961. The building was remodeled in 1976 to house the West Virginia Northern Community College.

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1996 as the Wheeling Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Passenger Station.

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  • B & O Passenger Station at Wheeling (ca. 1913) B & O Passenger Station at Wheeling (ca. 1913)

References

  1. ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. April 15, 2008.
  2. Beverly B. Fluty (November 1978). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Wheeling Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Passenger Station" (PDF). State of West Virginia, West Virginia Division of Culture and History, Historic Preservation. Retrieved 2011-09-01.

See also

Preceding station Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Following station
Benwood Junctiontoward Cincinnati Cincinnati – Pittsburgh Elm Grovetoward Pittsburgh
Benwood Junctiontoward Cleveland Cleveland – Akron – Wheeling Terminus
Benwood Junctiontoward Kenova Kenova – Wheeling
Terminus Wheeling – Grafton Benwood Junctiontoward Grafton
U.S. National Register of Historic Places in West Virginia
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