Monroe Street East Historic District | |
Nrhp Type: | hd |
Nocat: | yes |
Location: | 12th and Byron Sts., Wheeling, West Virginia |
Coordinates: | 40.07°N -80.7192°W |
Built: | 1837 |
Architect: | Klieves, Kraft & Co.; Wells, E.W. |
Architecture: | Greek Revival, Other, Romanesque, Romano-Tuscan |
Added: | February 12, 1980 |
Refnum: | 80004036 |
Monroe Street East Historic District is a national historic district located at Wheeling, Ohio County, West Virginia. The district encompasses six contributing buildings. They are a Greek Revival style church built in 1837, a Roman-Tuscan style dwelling dated to 1852 and known as the Paxton-Reed House, and an eclectic 1881 dwelling. Also in the district is a Richardsonian Romanesque style apartment building (c. 1892) and a set of vernacular post-American Civil War townhouses.[1]
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980. In 1999, the district was encompassed by the East Wheeling Historic District.