Wheeling station (West Virginia) explained

Wheeling Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Passenger Station
Nrhp Type:cp
Nocat:yes
Location:Wheeling, West Virginia
Coordinates:40.0633°N -80.7217°W
Built:1908
Architect:M.A. Long
Architecture:Beaux Arts
Added:March 26, 1979
Refnum:79002596

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.[1]

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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Notes and References

  1. Web site: National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Wheeling Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Passenger Station. November 1978. 2011-09-01 . Beverly B. Fluty. State of West Virginia, West Virginia Division of Culture and History, Historic Preservation.